Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 9, 2022
Bob Saget, the comedian and actor famous for playing a wholesome sitcom father figure but who never lost his flair for raunchy comedy, has died at 65.
Saget was found dead in his hotel room in Orlando, where he was performing on tour. The cause of...
Lior Zaltzman, Kveller
• Published January 9, 2022
A recent Gal Gadot interview with InStyle is full of little gems about the “Wonder Woman” star — including what she learned from her military service, insight into her parenting, lessons learned from her Jewish mom and her favorite Hebrew...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 9, 2022
Until recently, I was unfamiliar with the term “palliative care.” I didn’t know the difference between assisted living and skilled nursing. I had no idea that the acronym “LO” meant “loved one.”
I am a novice caregiver, making important...
Dan Buffa, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published January 7, 2022
Not everyone can be a director. A lesson I am learning quite fully with Jewish director Simon Kinberg's latest foray into the storytelling department, "The 355."
First, what not to watch
Starring enough Oscar nominees to make one question why they said...
Stephen M. Flatow, JNS
• Published January 7, 2022
Hopefully, her declaration about the Palestinians will stimulate a serious conversation about the cruel occupation that the international community has been ignoring.
ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published January 7, 2022
The Creve Coeur police and K9 unit and the Creve Coeur Fire Department showed up as did Louie, the mascot of the St. Louis Blues. The principal of Bellerive Elementary was also on hand, along with the school’s roadrunner mascot, as well as massive tow...
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Sidney Poitier, the Oscar-winning actor, director and civil rights icon who died today...
By Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 7, 2022
Imagine being asked to go entertain the enemy, but not just any enemy. In the case of a group of Jewish refugees-turned-United States citizens, their job in World War II wasn't like most other Jews. Instead of attacking the German Nazis on the battlefield...
Carol Unger, For TC Jew Folk, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published January 7, 2022
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So, what’s the baby’s name?”
My friend breathed an anguished sigh and then mumbled something that sounded like Ren.
“Ren,” I repeated.
“W-r-e-n.” She spelled...
ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published January 6, 2022
Readers of the Jewish Light are familiar with my lifelong obsession with comic books. As a kid, I had over 1,200 Golden Age comic books in neat stacks on my windowsill in our Westgate apartment in my beloved University City. I knew most of the stories...
(JTA) — Israel will lift its COVID-related travel ban on visitors from the United States, United Kingdom and several other countries for the first time since restrictions were put in place in November.
According to Israeli media, the restrictions on...
Irene Katz Connelly, The Forward
• Published January 5, 2022
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Congressman Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, lost his son to suicide in the last...
