BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR
• Published November 30, 2018
Oy to the world!If you haven’t attended the annual Brothers Lazaroff Hanukkah Hullabaloo, don’t miss your chance this year. If you have — 2018, after all, marks the eighth iteration of the event — then you know what great fun it is, and you’ve...
At Crown Center for Senior Living 8350 Delcrest DriveUniversity City, Mo. 63124314-991-2055website: crowncenterstl.orgFlorence Schachter, MSW, Director of Resident & Community ServicesThe congregate dining program at Crown Center for Senior Living...
Address: 5 Willowyck Court, St. Louis, Mo. 63146 | Phone: 314-757-6683 | Email: [email protected] is a Jewish women’s choir founded in 2005 by Jackie Gerson and Carol Wolf Solomon. The group has been directed by Betti Blumoff for the past...
By Emily Burack, Kveller via JTA
• Published November 28, 2018
A book is the best present -- even if it is a present to yourself. That’s why they are the perfect gift for Hanukkah. We’ve found 13 books released in 2018 for every type of person in your life. And because we could, they’re all female authors. We’ve...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 25, 2018
Not too many people have both bodybuilding awards and a microbiology degree in their collection of momentos but Cathleen Kronemer isn’t just any person. Now age 57, the longtime fitness instructor at the Jewish Community Center didn’t even get into...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published November 25, 2018
‘Tis that season again, when Jews prepare to celebrate Hanukkah (or is that Chanukah?), the Festival of Dedication. The holiday marks the anniversary of the Maccabean Revolt back in 167 BCE in which Judah Maccabee re-captured and cleansed the Second...
(JTA) — It’s like the Amazon Studios series “Transparent” — only it’s real, not fiction.The Israeli documentary “Family in Transition” revolves around Amit Tsuk, a 40-year-old married man and father of four, who reveals to his family that...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 19, 2018
We haven’t sat down to Thanksgiving dinner yet and here it is, Hanukkah, less than three weeks away. I suppose that’s better than when Hanukkah actually fell on Thanksgiving five years ago, but still, Dec. 2 seems so early. Luckily, STL Hanukkah...
The St. Louis Jewish community will host a screening of the award-winning documentary “Brave Miss World” at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2, to share the story of former Miss World Linor Abargil’s fight for justice. The 60-minute film will be followed...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published November 19, 2018
In “After Elise,” her second novel, Denise Pattiz Bogard joins the ranks of homegrown writers who actually mention local places such as Schnucks, Forest Park and Ted Drewes as the weave their narratives. Bogard wrote a version of “After Elise”...
Ingredients:Vegetables:2 whole unpeeled heads of garlic, the top 1/4” of bulbs cut off with a sharp knife (leave the root end intact)½ c. olive oil, divided1 ½-2 lbs. fresh mushrooms, one type or a variety, trimmed, rinsed, patted dry, and quartered2...
