By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 6, 2019
The delightful documentary “Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles” actually begins with a fiddler on a roof, but not the one we expect to see. A violinist in a tuxedo, seated on a New York rooftop garden, plays the familiar opening tune from the beloved...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published September 5, 2019
Making roomWhen Rachel Deutsch’s baby started fussing at Yom Kippur services last year, the young mom knew it was time to nurse. The only problem: She didn’t know where to comfortably breastfeed him at her Orthodox shul, Young Israel. “I went downstairs...
(JTA) — Scarlett Johansson threw her support behind Woody Allen, who has been accused of sexual abuse.“I love Woody,” the Jewish actress told the Hollywood Reporter in an article published Wednesday. “I believe him, and I would work with him...
Andrew Silow-Carroll
• Published September 3, 2019
(JTA) — Theater folk in England are debating a recent revival of the musical “Falsettos,” asking whether non-Jews should be playing its Jewish characters. In an open letter, critics of the religion-blind casting complain that non-Jewish actors can...
Compiled by Jewish Light staff
• Published August 29, 2019
Labor Day weekend may signal the official end of summer — though not necessarily the end of hot weather — but it also signals the start of the 2019 Fall Arts Season, with enough performances, concerts and art openings to heat up the landscape. But...
By Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 29, 2019
At the movies and more “After the Wedding” is an American re-make of a 2006 Danish film of the same name that was co-written and directed by SUSANNE BIER, 58. Bier, a Danish Jew, also directed “In a Better World” (2007 Oscar for best foreign...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published August 29, 2019
Walking in the footsteps of civil rights historyCaleb Arnow, a seventh-grader at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School, said he enjoyed going to all of the museums he and the other middle-schoolers visited last week on a five-day social justice trip,...
Kolot, an inclusive, multi-generational Jewish women’s choir, will hold its first rehearsal of 2019-2020 season from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3, in the May Chapel of Congregation Temple Israel, #1 Rabbi Alvan D. Rubin Drive. Anyone interested...
Jeannine Millner and Dr. Steven Brown were married May 19, 2019, at the Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, Calif. Cantor Seth Warner, of Congregation Shaare Emeth officiated the ceremony attended by their children and many other family members and friends....
Melanie Goldstein and Daniel Berenson have announced their upcoming wedding. Melanie is the daughter of Maxine and Ken Goldstein of Clayton. She is the granddaughter of the late Merle and Milton Goldstein, and the late Pearl and Bill Kramer, all of St....
BY NATE BLOOM, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published August 15, 2019
Woodstock: 50th anniversary“Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation” is a new offering in the PBS “American Experience” series. It premiered last Friday in St. Louis, but there is an encore showing Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 7 p.m. (Channel...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published August 15, 2019
Among the nations of the world, the State of Israel, which turned 71 on May 14 (the fifth of Iyar), is both a relative newcomer and the successor to Jewish self-rule that goes back over 4,000 years. In 1948, when David Ben-Gurion was serving as the first prime...
