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St. Louis Jewish Light

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

St. Louis Jewish Light

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Upcoming events for Jewish families in St. Louis

Upcoming events for Jewish families in St. Louis

Published October 13, 2021

Circus Flora When/Where: Through Oct. 31 at the Big Top in Grand Center Virtual/In-person? In-person RSVP required? Tickets for in-person shows are $10- $85 and available at metrotix.com. Description: As Circus Flora’s storytellers will describe,...

Ask the Fourth Graders: When a good friend starts treating you badly

Ask the Fourth Graders: When a good friend starts treating you badly

Published October 13, 2021

Question: What do you do when someone you thought was a really good friend suddenly starts treating you badly? In addition to the video response, Alexa and her mom, Lauren, offer this response: Many people have had situations like this, where they...

Sally Rooney clarifies: She’s boycotting Israel, not the Hebrew language.

Sally Rooney clarifies: She’s boycotting Israel, not the Hebrew language.

PJ Grisar, ForwardPublished October 12, 2021

On Tuesday, celebrated Irish novelist Sally Rooney clarified her stance on Hebrew translations of her new novel “Beautiful World, Where Are You.” “The Hebrew-language translation rights to my new novel are still available,” Rooney wrote in...

Do you know these Jews? They launched Chuck Berry to Rock 'n Roll fame

Do you know these Jews? They launched Chuck Berry to Rock ‘n Roll fame

Published October 12, 2021

Chuck Berry played over 209 consecutive monthly concerts at Blueberry Hill in St. Louis from 1997–2014. Berry died on March 18, 2017, at the age of 90. He is remembered as a founding father of rock 'n' roll, whose pioneering career influenced generations...

File photo: Lisa Mandel

This Week in Mah Jongg: Game Strategy (Part 3)

Published October 12, 2021

In our previous article, we delved into the nitty-gritty of Charleston strategy. This time, we'll be moving into the game proper and will cover the essentials of early game strategies. In subsequent articles, we'll cover mid- and end-game strategies,...

The Rep plans memorial to honor late artistic director Steven Woolf

The Rep plans memorial to honor late artistic director Steven Woolf

Eric Berger, Associate EditorPublished October 12, 2021

The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis will honor its longtime artistic director Steven Woolf in a public memorial at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 at the Loretto-Hilton Center in Webster Groves. Woolf, who was Jewish, died July 12 at age 75 from advanced...

Sally Rooney: Israeli publishers can’t put out my work, but Hebrew translation ‘would be an honour’

Ben SalesPublished October 12, 2021

(JTA) — The bestselling author Sally Rooney said she decided not to publish her latest novel with an Israeli publishing house because she supports a boycott of Israel, but added that a non-Israeli press could still publish the book in Hebrew. Rooney’s...

Israeli study: Pfizer vaccine does wear off after 6 months

Abigail Klein LeichmanPublished October 12, 2021

(Israel21c) - The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 loses considerable effectiveness six months after the second dose, according to new Israeli research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study echoes findings published by...

Michael Aloni makes surprise appearance in HBO’s Super Jewish ‘Scenes From a Marriage’

Michael Aloni makes surprise appearance in HBO’s Super Jewish ‘Scenes From a Marriage’

Lior Zaltzman, KvellerPublished October 11, 2021

Michael Aloni, the dreamy star of the Israeli hit “Shtisel” and the upcoming “Beauty Queen of Jerusalem,” makes an English-language appearance in the HBO limited series “Scenes from a Marriage” — and we all need some time to fan ourselves...

This new video of a classic Yiddish song will make you plotz

This new video of a classic Yiddish song will make you plotz

Lior ZaltzmanPublished October 11, 2021

Our favorite purveyors of Ashkenazi grandma chic are back with a new Yiddish bop and we are obsessed. Obsessed, I tell you! Vibers, the Israeli duo of Michal Karmi and Yael Tal, have a new remake of a Yiddish standard — this time with a version...

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‘Scenes from a Marriage’ Review: Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain have never been better

DAN BUFFA, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 11, 2021

**Mild spoilers included, so don't read if you haven't watched the show** Love is messy, and marriage then takes that material and tries to write a novel with it. Sometimes it's sad and other times beautiful, but the weary pushback of life and your...

Dr. Karina Golberg, a researcher in Ben-Gurion University’s Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology. Photo by Dani Machlis/BGU

Artificial sweeteners may cause digestive disease and discomfort

Abigail Klein LeichmanPublished October 10, 2021

(Israel21c) - If you tend to choose foods and beverages made with artificial sweeteners rather than sugar, you may want to reconsider. While we know that added sugar is not good for our bodies, now we also know that six FDA-approved artificial sweeteners...

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