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...
The New Jewish Theatre will open up its five-show 24th season with a Neil Simon classic comedy. “We chose to open our season with this play because of its unique humor and because it allows us to continue our exploration of America’s most prolific...
Dan Buffa, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published January 5, 2022
When fighting erupted between Israel and Hamas in early May 2021, passions on both sides of the ongoing conflict raged all across electronic and print media, television screens, and of course social media. Both sides claimed the justification of their...
By Henry Sapoznik, The Forward
• Published January 4, 2022
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Eighty years ago this month, Warner Brothers released “All Through the Night,” a comedy-drama...
By Amy Fenster Brown, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published January 4, 2022
Well, hello there, 2022! We are so happy to see you, but we need to welcome you at arm’s length.
You can understand that we are a little hesitant because last year we rolled out the red carpet for 2021, and it kind of did us wrong. It started off...
(JTA) — A fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine increases antibodies fivefold in patients who receive the shots, preliminary findings from an Israeli study show.
Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced the news at the Sheba Medical...
