Congregation Shaare Emeth will celebrate its 150th anniversary year with “Rejoice! A Musical Celebration” at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 6. Cantor Seth Warner will be joined by Rabbi Cantor Alison Wissot of Temple Judea, Al Fischer and Cantorial student Daniel...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — 1993 was a dramatic year in the memorialization of the Holocaust.In April, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum opened its doors; 45 million visitors later it is a fixture adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C.,...
BY DALE SINGER, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 3, 2018
"(((Semitism))): Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump," by Jonathan Weisman, St. Martin’s Press, $25.99, 238 pages.A set of parentheses usually denotes material that is, well, parenthetical – interesting but not essential.But when the parentheses...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Sebastian Lelio, the director who recently won the Academy Award for best foreign film for “A Fantastic Woman,” grew up Catholic in Chile knowing almost nothing about observant Jews.So when the Jewish actress Rachel Weisz approached...
By Nancy Kranzberg, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 3, 2018
In discussing how women are portrayed in the visual arts, I realized that it’s an endless topic.Going back through the ages we think of the idealized goddesses and mythological characters portrayed in ancient Greek and Roman art. The St. Louis Art Museum...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published May 2, 2018
Linking the linksI didn’t know Lynne Isaacs Palan well, though I interviewed her a few years ago for a series of stories on hereditary cancer and the BRCA genes. She was incredibly gracious and forthcoming. Lynne died last month after a long battle...
The show “At the Surface” on view at The Foundry Art Centre in St. Charles, has so many fascinating pieces that I was unable to limit myself to three in this post. Juror Thad Duhigg summarizes the show’s sensibility: “[A]ll of the artists utilize...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 26, 2018
“The Woman Who Fought an Empire: Sarah Aaronsohn and Her Nili Spy Ring” by Gregory J. Wallace, University of Nebraska Press, 293 pages, $32.95On June 28, 1914, a Serbian nationalist named Givrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, presumed...
By Eric Berger, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 26, 2018
When Cantor Shira Lissek performs in the main sanctuary at Congregation B’nai Amoona, the acoustics will likely be familiar to her. That’s where she sang in the choir as a teenager and where her father, Leon Lissek, spent 30 years as the hazzan.If...
One of my favorite memories from my youth was cooking with my Bobbye, Eva Blumenfeld Chosid. She was an amazing woman. Way ahead of her time. She worked with my Papu, Harry Chosid. They had a chicken business. She taught me so many of our family’s...
Nora Carlson Greiman and James Robert Lange have announced their engagement. Nora is the daughter of Gerry Greiman and Susan Carlson of University City, and the niece of Donna and Dr. Robert Rothenberg of Creve Coeur. James is the son of Robert and...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published April 26, 2018
Book dealSometimes when it rains it really does pour — in a good way. Last week, Amy Pakett got her share of April showers when she learned she had been named Director of Literary and Jewish Arts at the Jewish Community Center, which includes overseeing...
