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The Jewish values of appreciating clean water in St. Louis

The Jewish values of appreciating clean water in St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished January 28, 2022

How often do you think about the water you're drinking in St. Louis? How often do you think about that same water from a Jewish perspective?  The truth is probably not that much, considering St. Louis has always rated very high in various clean water...

Magnificent Chagall windows mark 60 years in Jerusalem

Magnificent Chagall windows mark 60 years in Jerusalem

Lisa Klug, Israel21cPublished January 27, 2022
Each of the 12 stained-glass panels that Chagall donated to Hadassah Medical Center is filled with a dance of intricate images and stunning colors.

Jewish Jokes: Did you hear the one about Palmer and the census taker?

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished January 26, 2022

Jewish humor can be difficult to define. As William Novak and Moshe Waldoks write in "The Big Book of Jewish Humor," it is easier to describe Jewish humor in terms of what it is not, than what it is. It is not, for example, escapist. It is not slapstick....

10-year challenge churns up an emotional storm

10-year challenge churns up an emotional storm

SUZANNE EPSTEIN-LANG , SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished January 26, 2022

In case you have been living under a rock, there was a popular challenge on social media recently in which participants posted a photo of themselves 10 years ago, along with a current one. Though I see its pitfalls, I must admit I love social media...

Time is short to catch 2 Jewish stand-out films from Sundance

Time is short to catch 2 Jewish stand-out films from Sundance

Dan Buffa, Special For The Jewish LightPublished January 26, 2022

If there's an official festival for the launch of the new year's film season, it's Sundance. Popping its head out of the ground in January with the best and brightest films that most of the world will see at the end of the year, the Park City, Utah-located...

Why we're kvelling over Clayton sophomore Grace Wolf

Why we’re kvelling over Clayton sophomore Grace Wolf

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished January 26, 2022

Earlier this month, 42 metro area high school acts competed in the semi-final round of the 12th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition. The acts feature four categories (vocal, instrumental, dance, and specialty). Local judges viewed and scored the...

Jewish Federation of St. Louis and the J sponsored the Sababa Jewish Arts and Culture Festival on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018 at Washington University. Photo: Zach Dalin Photography

Sababa, the STL Jewish arts and culture festival, returns to Washington University on September 18

Published January 26, 2022

It’s back . . . . Jewish Federation of St. Louis and the Jewish Community Center are bring back the area’s largest Jewish arts and culture festival. It is scheduled to take place Sept. 18 at Andrew and Ann Tisch Park on the east entrance of the...

Theodore Katz in the 2022 documentary "Tantura," directed by Alon Schwarz. (YonathanWeitzman/Reel Peak Films)

Explosive new Israeli documentary is prompting calls to excavate a possible Palestinian mass grave

Published January 25, 2022

(JTA) – What really happened near a beach in Israel in 1948?  The question, once debated in a 20-year-old libel suit that served as a microcosm for the battle over Israel’s historical record, reentered the public consciousness this week. Entities...

Upcoming Fox show, "Prom" is a Heartland show with a Jewish soul

Upcoming Fox show, “Prom” is a Heartland show with a Jewish soul

Jeremy GerardPublished January 25, 2022

This story was originally published on Nov. 12, 2018 by The Forward. Sign up here to get the latest stories from The Forward delivered to you each morning. Although the first three performances of the "The Prom" at the Fox Theatre have been...

Five new series and a film offer something for all

Five new series and a film offer something for all

By Nate Bloom, By Nate Bloom Special to the Jewish LightPublished January 25, 2022

I was asleep at the wheel last month when “American Auto,” an NBC sit-com about a  Detroit-based auto company, “sneak previewed” its first two episodes. I just caught up with those episodes, which are free to view on Peacock and online. New episodes...

Chaiflicks commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day with 6 free historical films

Chaiflicks commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day with 6 free historical films

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished January 25, 2022

In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27th, ChaiFlicks will be offering six complimentary films on the platform to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The six movies, 5 features, and one documentary were...

Life lessons at 50 plus: "Out of the Mouths of Babes"

Life lessons at 50 plus: “Out of the Mouths of Babes”

BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANEPublished January 25, 2022

What have we learned from our offspring? Plenty. As children growing up in the 1950s and ‘60s, our primary role was to be seen and not heard. Advice was doled out like morning vitamins with such directives as “Sit up straight,” “Chew with your...

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