Singer Benny Friedman will perform at the St. Louis Kollel’s annual Jewish Unity Live event, which will take place Sunday, March 3 at the Haertter Performing Arts Center at John Burroughs School, 9243 Clayton Road.Friedman was born in Minneapolis into...
By Burton Boxerman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 21, 2019
As the subject of a feature film (“On the Basis of Sex”) and a documentary (“RBG”) in 2018, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is overdue for a comprehensive biography. “Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life,”released in October, fits the bill, offering an in-depth...
BY CATE MARQUIS, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published February 21, 2019
“To Dust” features Matthew Broderick and Géza Röhrig in a film about a bereaved Hasidic cantor obsessing about how his late wife’s body is decaying. To help him understand what is happening underground, he enlists the help of a reluctant, non-Jewish...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published February 21, 2019
Save the date – 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4 at the .ZACK Last spring, thanks to a generous grant from the Kranzberg Family Foundation, the Jewish Light began work on a video storytelling project called “Why Be Jewish?” Part of the impetus for the...
This story was originally published in February, 2019. This Friday, Wilco and Sleater-Kinney will perform at the newly opened Saint Louis Music Park, an outdoor venue in Maryland Heights. Plenty of local people already know and love Wilco, not only...
There’s no one way to be Jewish in 2019 America. At least that’s one of the themes the Jewish Light discovered when it embarked on its “Why Be Jewish?” video storytelling project a year ago.Each "Why Be Jewish?" video runs between two and five...
This article originally appeared on Alma.Imagine a TV series that’s basically “Snatch” meets “Blade,” only it’s also super Jewish and the main character occasionally gets into discussions of classical Hebrew grammar with the mysterious rabbi...
Brandi Melvin and Pete Gitlin were married October 14, 2018, at Thorncrown Chapel in Eureka Springs, Ark. The reception was held at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs.Brandi is the daughter of Dr. Dan and Theodora McHan of Bolivar, Mo., and Steve Pearson...
By Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 15, 2019
The Oscars awards ceremony will be held starting at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24 on ABC. Below are the “confirmed” Jewish nominees in all but the technical categories.In November, honorary Oscars were awarded. One went to LALO SCHFRRIN, 86. Born in Argentina,...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published February 14, 2019
If you happened to watch the Grammy Awards on TV Sunday night, perhaps you caught Michelle Obama’s cameo appearance. For those of you who didn’t, here’s a condensed recap of her remarks:“From the Motown records I wore out on the South Side, to...
By Eliana Brook, Junior, MICDS
• Published February 14, 2019
Aside from being a competitive dancer, a volunteer and a traveler, helping children with disabilities has always a passion of Maddie Goldberg, MICDS senior and member of Congregation B’nai Amoona.At the age of 12, when considering what to do for her...
By Olivia Riutcel, Freshman, Webster Groves High School
• Published February 14, 2019
To many friends and previous students, Andrea Newstead, a member of Congregation Shaare Emeth, has been known as either a teacher from her work as the director of technology at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School or as a colleague from her volunteerism...
