Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published October 25, 2022
In the early 1980s, older adults had far fewer resources. Community centers offered basics such as a hot lunch, simple crafts and bingo. It’s a much different world now, thanks in large part to Oasis, a national network that began 40 years ago in St....
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTA
• Published October 24, 2022
(JTA) — As images of the banner held above Interstate 405 in Los Angeles claiming “Kanye is right about the Jews” ricocheted around the internet this weekend, Jessica Seinfeld decided to take a stand.
A cookbook author and wife of comedian Jerry...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 20, 2022
On Oct. 10th, we shared the big news that St. Louis native Jessica Radloff was set to release her first-ever book, “The Big Bang Theory. The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series."
Now, just 10 days later, Radloff's book has joined the...
(JTA) — The history of Jewish identity and politics in America has been told as a triumph of spiritual renewal (“A Certain People,” Charles Silberman, 1986), as an overdue flexing of political muscle (“Jewish Power,” J.J. Goldberg, 1996) and...
BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANE, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published October 19, 2022
Excuses. Excuses. We are all guilty of using them to rationalize and make us feel better. But some folks are chronic repeat offenders.
There, we've said enough!
Alibis are designed to get someone off the hook; either the person who needs the...
By Julia M. Klein, The Forward
• Published October 12, 2022
White Knights in the Black Orchestra: The Extraordinary Story of the Germans Who Resisted Hitler
By Tom Dunkel
Hachette Books, 464 pages, $32
Last year, Rebecca Donner’s gripping biography, “All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days,” explored...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 10, 2022
True story. When Jessica Radloff, the author of the new book, "The Big Bang Theory. The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series" first saw the show back in 2007, she was not impressed.
"I watched the first two episodes of the show and then...
ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published October 6, 2022
Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, inspired both adulation and condemnation during his career, both of which are true to this very day, 83 years after his death in London in 1939.
Freud, whose towering intellect inspired admiration from his...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 6, 2022
Dini Klein, a St. Louis native and Epstein Hebrew Academy alum, has a large online following, with 150,000 followers on Instagram. Klein specializes in sharing food prep tips for busy households. Her Prep + Rally website is popular among parents of picky...
By Jacob Kornbluh, The Forward
• Published October 3, 2022
In new book, veteran reporter Maggie Haberman highlights Donald Trump’s ‘uncertainty’ about disassociating himself from the nation’s most famous white supremacist
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 3, 2022
“Her name is associated with women’s equality, the memory of the Shoah and the European community,” was a statement said about Simone Veil, a well-known French politician, Holocaust survivor, scholar, former judge, and feminist activist after she...
One Bonus Recipe
Last April, we reported how Jewish BBQ master Steven Raichlen had brought his cooking show to St. Louis, shooting an entire season of shows at Union Station. He is also the author of many a cookbook including "The Brisket Chronicles."...
