LOS ANGELES (JTA) — “The Cakemaker” has been one of the more successful indie films on the international festival circuit over the past year. Its recipe: a secret gay Israeli-German love affair, a tragic death and another secret affair — between...
Note: Spoilers for “BlacKkKlansman” below.NEW YORK (JTA) — In 1965, two young Jewish men, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, were murdered along with black activist James Chaney by Ku Klux Klansmen in a Southern horror memorialized in the 1988...
St. Louis-based Jewish rock musician Rick Recht will perform spiritual Jewish music with Congregation Temple Israel’s rabbis and regular Shabbat musicians at Shabbat services on Friday, Aug. 17. The Shabbat Alive! service is free and open to the public....
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published August 10, 2018
A critical consensus has formed around the hit documentary film “Three Identical Strangers,” which can be summarized in the title of one of its glowing reviews: “‘Three Identical Strangers’ Is as Unnerving as It Is Thrilling.”This story of...
Emily Kalmes, daughter of Marcy Kalmes and the late Elliot Kalmes, and Nathan Chambers, son of Paul and Ann Chambers of Marian, Va. have announced their engagement.Emily is the granddaughter of the late Meyer and Beverly Cohen and the late Phillip and...
Emily Rose (Goldberg) Jolly and David Aaron Jolly were married July 1, 2018 at Temple Beth El in Dubuque, Iowa, followed by a reception at Hotel Julien Dubuque. Rabbi Daniel Bogard and rabbinical student Leah Nussbaum officiated.Emily is the daughter...
The idea was born in November of 1979 in a station wagon belonging to Fred and Marilyn Firestone. The Firestones, along with three other St. Louis area Jewish couples — Janet and Jim Singer, Dan and Joanne Schwartz and Karen and Mark Zorensky — were...
By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 9, 2018
Simply put, “BlacKkKlansman” is one of Spike Lee’s best, a film that is smart as well as hilarious. The story is based on the strange but true story of a black police officer who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan in the late 1970s and became a card-carrying...
Corinne Char loves thrift shops. So it was not unusual for the 26-year-old social worker to stop by the Salvation Army store on Forest Park Parkway as she drove home from work last week.Perusing items behind a glass counter, she spotted a green velvet...
By Nancy Kranzberg, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 2, 2018
When thinking of going to a museum to view art masterpieces and other high quality visual works of art, one might think of the St. Louis Art Museum or even the Missouri History Museum.We often forget the free and open to the public university museums...
BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR
• Published August 2, 2018
The Gesher Music Festival will return Aug. 10-19 for its eighth season of bringing professional musicians to St. Louis to perform chamber music with a “Jewish twist” or inflection.In addition to a free family concert at the Ferguson Library at 2...
By Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 2, 2018
At the Movies: Opens Aug. 3“The Spy Who Dumped Me” is an action/thriller and a comedy. Audrey (MILA KUNIS, 34) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), are best friends and roommates. Audrey has a bad break-up with her boyfriend (Justin Theroux) and then he completely...
