Before you take your next bite of some delicious chocolate, you may want to check out a new book by British autor Michael Leventhal, that explores the history of chocolate in Jewish food and culture. In his book, the author of "The Chocolate King,"...
Sometimes, a celebrity death hits you real hard. Sometimes you have such warm, warm feelings for a person you never knew because they gave you so much joy whenever you saw them onscreen. I felt that way when Jessica Walter died earlier this year, and...
Rocket Man indeed.
William Shatner, abusive Twitter gadfly and erstwhile Starfleet captain will go to space on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin per a TMZ report. If true, Shatner, 90, some few decades older than the cast of “Space Cowboys,” would be...
HARLEY HAMMERMAN, SPECIAL FOR THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published September 26, 2021
Have you ever wondered what happened to that restaurant you once loved and have memories of dining at with your family and friends? We did! There is an amazing website called Lost Tables, dedicated to celebrating the restaurants of our past. We are partnering...
(Israel21c) - A year and a half of lockdowns, school closures and social distancing caught adolescents at a vulnerable time in their emotional development, says Dr. Shelly Ben Harush Negari, a physician specializing in adolescent medicine.
Many kids...
(JTA) — Were it not for Rudolph Vrba and Alfréd Wexler, would the world today know the true extent of the mass murder the Nazis inflicted during the Holocaust?
The two men, both Slovak Jews who escaped from Auschwitz, secretly recorded fastidious...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 24, 2021
Ninety-five percent of movies manipulate the viewer. At some point, the story and acting are twisted or presented in a manner that is supposed to grab your emotions, or evoke some memory. There's a moment that just seems like a huge reach. The key is...
JEN BAER, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 24, 2021
Sukkot 2021 sure does feel a bit more like Sukkot 2020 than I thought it would a few months ago. We are still in the midst of a pandemic, still physically distancing, still not seeing each other’s lips.
Luckily, a sukkah is mainly an open, outdoor...
(JTA) — This Friday, following a pandemic delay, Apple TV+ will debut “Foundation,” the first-ever screen adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s bestselling, award-winning science-fiction book series. First announced in 2018 and produced in association...
Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published September 23, 2021
Gail Benick, a proud alumna of University City High School Class of 1963 who now lives in Toronto, has published “Memory’s Shadow,” a gripping novel that traces how three generations of Holocaust survivors deal with the never-ending trauma of the...
Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published September 23, 2021
The brief notice of a loved one’s death was not unlike many similar items sent to the St. Louis Jewish Light: “With great sorrow we announce the passing of Michael G. Kesler, Ph.D., at the age of 97, at his home in East Brunswick, N.J., surrounded...
