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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Jewish Pop Culture

Jewish Song of the Week: ‘Tikkun Olam’ by Joanie Leeds

Published March 23, 2022

‘Tikkun Olam’ by Joanie Leeds (JKids Radio) “While spring is a hopeful time of year when we often think about improving ourselves, we also can’t forget there’s a lot of work that we all have to do together. This is a GREAT time to teach children...

Joel Schwartz

St. Louis attorney Joel Schwartz on his new book and actor playing him in “The Thing About Pam”

Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish LightPublished March 22, 2022

The murder of Betsy Faria in 2011 initially cast her husband Russ as the villain and her presumptive killer. That was until the Jewish St. Louis attorney Joel Schwartz stepped in and ably defended Faria. Betsy Faria’s friend Pamela Hupp was then charged...

Gideon Adlon

Meet Gideon Adlon: The Jewish actress from ‘The Thing About Pam’ who is on the rise

Dan Buffa, Special For The Jewish LightPublished March 22, 2022

Gideon Adlon's third credit of her acting career was going toe-to-toe with her mother, Jewish actress Pamela Adlon, in the FX series "Better Things." While few actresses could hope for a better dance partner early on than their own mom, it showed us...

Judy Blume

A Judy Blume documentary is coming to Amazon Prime

Lior Zaltzman, KvellerPublished March 21, 2022

If you want more Judy Blume on your TV screen — which of course you do, because you have a beating heart — you’ll be happy to discover that a very exciting sounding Judy Blume documentary is in the works and will be airing on Amazon Prime sometime...

David Beckham gives Insta account, 72 million followers to Ukrainian doctor

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 21, 2022

Retired Jewish, British soccer star David Beckham is doing his part to help inform the world of the plight of the Ukrainian people suffering under the Russian invasion, according to a report by Jewish Business News. Beckham has turned over his own Instagram...

The story behind the failure of a Jewish success story to debut on Hulu

Published March 20, 2022

Fans (and critics) of Jared Leto’s Italian accent in “House of Gucci” have new material to work with in his portrayal of Adam Neumann, the Israeli founder of WeWork, in the now released Apple TV+ series “WeCrashed.” “This is what tomorrow...

The Passover pajamas you didn't know you needed

The Passover pajamas you didn’t know you needed

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 18, 2022

This past Hanukkah I agreed to do this. Those are my Hannukah pajamas, and as a non-pajama-wearing guy, I'm now in love with my matching Hanukkah pajamas. So, I guess you could say, I'm all in on whatever comes next. What's Coming Next Your...

An Israeli director does battle with the country’s culture ministry in a provocative new film

Published March 18, 2022

(JTA) – Before the hero of “Ahed’s Knee,” an Israeli filmmaker known only as “Y,” can screen one of his movies in a public library in an Arava desert town, he is told he must sign a document from Israel’s Ministry of Culture. The agreement...

black silhouettes of three groups of different teen people standing and talking to each other

Keep it 100: Your teenspeak glossary, part two

AMY FENSTER BROWNPublished March 17, 2022

Recently, I created a makeshift glossary of trendy teen lingo for you, and you’ve made it clear you want more. The tremendous feedback I’ve gotten from so many of you proves I’m not the only one who doesn’t understand what the kids these days...

How your Bubbe's recipes could land you your own show

How your Bubbe’s recipes could land you your own show

Published March 16, 2022

Create TV is launching a national video contest designed to seek hosts for a digital lifestyle series. Nine PBS Create airs 24/7 over the air on channel 9.4 and on Spectrum 184. This year, the Create Cooking Challenge: My Family’s Recipe is focused...

Students talk about Haman in their Purim ‘Encanto’ spoof

Published March 16, 2022

(New York Jewish Week) – Students at Brooklyn’s Yeshivah of Flatbush are celebrating Purim by joining a new-old tradition of writing and singing pop song parodies for Jewish holidays. In recent years, there’s been Erez Cohen’s “Shushan Funk,”...

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