A handbill made by the Jewish Welfare Board in 1918 is on display at the exhibit “For Liberty: American Jewish Experience in WWI” at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. (Gift of the Anne and John P. McNulty Foundation)KANSAS CITY,...
By Nancy Kranzberg, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 4, 2018
I was talking to a recent college graduate and asked what she had majored in. When she said her degree was in graphic arts, I wasn’t really certain what the term meant or what she was going to do with such a degree.I contacted Douglas Dowd at Washington...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published October 4, 2018
Calling young Jewish entrepreneurs or wannabes The 2018 St. Louis Jewish Young Adult Technology and Entrepreneurship Summit is hoping to connect Jewish young adults who are in, or interested in, the world of entrepreneurship and technology in order to...
(JTA) — Adam Sandler has a Netflix stand-up special in the works, and Howard Stern has seen it. We know this because on a recent episode of his SiriusXM radio show last week, Stern pointed out that Sandler mentions his bar mitzvah in his routine.“Isn’t...
(JTA) — When Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel created the Superman character in the early 1930s, they were still living at their parents’ homes.Of course, the character and his story — the arrival from another planet, his dual identities as mild-mannered...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — “Forever Pure,” a film dealing with the racist subculture among fans of Jerusalem’s Beitar soccer club, won an Emmy Award for the best outstanding politics and government documentary.The film by Israeli director Maya Zinshtein...
(JTA) — Gal Gadot helped kick off the 30th season of “The Simpsons” with a slight Jewish bang.The Israeli actress played herself in the season debut on Sunday night, which also included a short trip to “Jewish heaven.”In the episode, Bart nearly...
Carolyn and Chuck Furfine recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a cruise to Alaska. They were accompanied by their children and grandchildren. Carolyn and Chuck are pictured here in front of the Hubbard Glazier and with their family...
By Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 28, 2018
Emmys round-up: A very good nightThe 70th Emmy awards, held last week, saw Jewish folks clean-up in the comedy categories and do well elsewhere. HENRY WINKLER, 72 (“Barry”) won the supporting actor in a comedy series Emmy and ALEX BORSTEIN, 47 (“The...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 27, 2018
St. Louis fans of bluegrass or the blues are likely to have heard two accomplished Jewish musicians playing gigs around town. Joel Ferber and Ethan Leinwand both grew up on the East Coast, but they settled in the Midwest.Ferber, 59, is a Long Island native...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published September 27, 2018
As we look to October, a whole lot is happening in the St. Louis Jewish community. Here are a few events and programs you may want to note on your calendars:Sababa Jewish Arts Festival: The inaugural Sababa festival is set for 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday,...
I first learned about the exhibition “Working in America”, on view at Central Library downtown, from an ad I saw on the side of a bus. How fitting: a show about work advertised on a vehicle whose driver is paid to operate it, and which transports...
