Under the tutelage of Steve Woolf, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis evolved from a respected regional theater to a nationally respected company known for innovation and boldness in selecting plays to produce, including some world premieres.Woolf retired...

The publication of “Shadow Strike” by Yaakov Katz, editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post, could not be more timely as he pulls back the layers of Israel’s daring and successful military and intelligence operations. For example, on Sept. 6, 2007,...

Celebrating SabraAlums of Camp Sabra can kick off the camp’s 50th birthday celebration at the Moonrise Hotel in the Delmar Loop from 7 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8.All are invited to celebrate Sabra and relive memories via a live stream of the 2019...

MINSK, Belarus (JTA) — When Yiddish poet Avraham Sutzkever said that poetry saved his life, he meant it more literally than many of his listeners realized.In 1944, Sutzkever and his wife, Freydke, needed to walk through a minefield to reach the plane...

The 2019 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series continues July 28 with “Conspiracy.” Starring Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci, the film is a compelling drama about the Wannsee Conference. At this gathering on January 20, 1942,...

Summer learning (for rabbis)It’s always fun to see old friends, especially when you’re thousands of miles away from home. That’s the situation that Maharat Rori Picker Neiss, executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council, found herself...

In a beautiful setting at Meadowbrook Country Club in Ballwin, Mo., Judi Scissors and Sam Broh were married on June 23, 2019. Rabbi Carnie Rose of B’nai Amoona Congregation and Rabbi Joseph Rosenbloom of Temple Emanuel officiated.The matron of honor...

If you know Jon Marans strictly as the author of “Old Wicked Songs,” the Muny has a surprise in store for you, a surprise called “Paint Your Wagon.”True, the musical about the California Gold Rush is not an obvious follow-up to the sensitive,...

Sleeper summer hit and ‘The Lion King’ redux“The Art of Self-Defense” opened on July 12 at the Tivoli theater in St. Louis and almost certainly will be held over a second week. I’ve never seen a better advance Variety review: “Casey Davis...

Toby Lauren Goldstein and Gil Yosef Pinsberg of New York City were married May 4, 2019 at Beach Point Club in Mamaroneck, N.Y. Rabbi Daniel Gropper, Rabbi Leora Frankel and Cantor Melanie Cooperman officiated at the wedding.Toby is the daughter of Sanford...

Cool memories of summerAs a little girl in the late 1960s, no time of year was better than summer. It wasn’t just being out of school and going to sleep away camp, both of which I adored, but also the Good Humor truck circling our neighborhood with...