By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published October 31, 2019
Last week, AJC (American Jewish Committee) released what it is calling a “landmark survey” on anti-Semitism in America, timed to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh, which claimed the lives of...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published October 31, 2019
In commemoration of the 30-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, MADCO dance company will perform “Wallstories” Nov. 6 - 9 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. “Wallstories” is choreographed...
By Nate Bloom, Special to The Jewish Light
• Published October 24, 2019
At the movies “The Current War: Director’s Cut” is about the corporate battle that pitted Thomas Edison (1847-1931) against George Westinghouse (1846-1914) and Westinghouse associate Nikolai Tesla (Nicholas Hoult). After inventing the first commercially...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published October 24, 2019
Sophomore Jonathan Mack is perhaps among only a handful of undergraduates at Washington University who brought a full set of power tools to college — reciprocating saw and all.So it made perfect sense, at least to Chabad on Campus Rabbi Hershey Novack,...
The Marcus Foundation has awarded a $3.2 million grant to Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) for supporting mental health across the spectrum of Jewish camps in North America. Funding will be awarded to approximately 60 camps over four years in an effort...
Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published October 17, 2019
Artistic director Edward Coffield made a wise choice in selecting “Brighton Beach Memoirs” to open the New Jewish Theatre season. Not only is this highly autobiographical play by Neil Simon typically a crowd-pleaser, but the NJT production in particular...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published October 17, 2019
What about Bob?As you might have noticed through a series of “Bobapalooza” advertisements in the Jewish Light, we’re throwing a party for Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Robert A. Cohn on Oct. 30. You’re invited, of course. The party will take the form...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 17, 2019
As a well-respected physician, innovative medical school professor and award-winning researcher in the mechanisms of insulin secretion, Stanley Misler has had quite a career in the sciences. But since a 2015 retirement from his work as a nephrologist...
Lauren Class Schneider, daughter of Charlotte and the late Irvin Schneider of St. Louis, and Lawrence J. Moss, son of the late Henry and Barbara Moss of Chicago, have announced their engagement. Lauren and Larry met at the beginning of the new millennium,...
Stephanie Melissa Weiss, daughter of Diane and Brent Weiss of Highland Park, Ill. and Michael Lawrence Zorensky, son of Karen and Mark Zorensky of St. Louis, have announced their engagement.She is the granddaughter of Flora Lee and Alvin Weiss and Joyce...
(JTA) — It’s well known that the celebrated filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen come from a Jewish family in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. They’ve included Jewish characters in their films throughout their long career, from the titular one in “Barton...
This recipe originally appeared on The Nosher.My mom serves matzah ball soup every Friday night (#momgoals), and she’s always made it in the oven. When I left home and found myself without my weekly fix, I called her for the recipe and followed suit....
