By GABRIELLE BIRKNER, My Jewish learning
• Published October 19, 2021
Judaism places a high value on passing stories from generation to generation. Here’s how to get the most out of your conversations with your parents and grandparents.
(JTA) — Jean Meltzer always knew how “The Matzah Ball,” her first novel, would end.
“The rule of romance is that there has to be a happy ending; the characters have to get together,” Meltzer told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “If they...
Dan Buffa, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 19, 2021
Paul can't sleep. Due to a wicked combination of terrifying nightmares and enlightening visions, his nights are distorted; a young man destined for high purpose (leader of galaxies?) who isn't exactly ready for what is about to come.
I don't think...
(JTA) — You couldn’t Torquemada it: Mel Brooks is making a sequel to “History of the World: Part I,” the 1981 revue that delighted and/or appalled Jews with, among other segments, a cheery musical take on the Spanish Inquisition.
The...
It's still hard to believe that with all the breweries in America, there has been only one Jewish beer company in America. And now there are none.
Shmaltz Brewing Co. has announced its farewell season after 25 years in the beer business with the first...
(October 18, 2021 / JNS) Gil Ofarim, the German Israeli singer who accused the Westin Hotel in Leipzig, Germany, of refusing him service because he wore a Star of David pendant is now being accused of fabricating the story.
Hotel surveillance...
(JTA) — Some of Netflix’s biggest international hits of the last few years — from “Fauda” to “Shtisel” — have been Israeli imports. Now, the streaming giant is spotlighting Palestinian entertainment, as well.
Last week, Netflix released...
Super Lightweight, Cletus “The Hebrew Hammer” Seldin fights and trains out of Shirley, Long Island.
Seldin was born into a tough line of Jewish Americans; his Grandfather was the leader of the Brooklyn biker gang known as the Dragons and his father...
The current exhibit at the Philip Slein Gallery "Works Of Paper" has been getting rave reviews on social media lately, with many calling it the best works on paper show to come to St. Louis in the last 20 years.
The exhibit is open through October...
You still have time to view and bid on unique art created by some of St. Louis’ most talented fashion designers and artists. The "Fashion Fights Cancer" began earlier this month and runs through October 20.
Each artist was tasked with taking traditional...
When I think of the 1980s, I think of The Velvet Underground.
Sure, the band itself had ceased to exist in any meaningful way back in August 1970, when Lou Reed walked out and went home to Long Island following a legendary stand at Max’s Kansas City....
In August, Editor-in-Chief Ellen Futterman wrote about "Her Self," an exhibition at the St. Louis Artists’ Guild by photographer Marian Brickner and writer Susan Fadem. The exhibition featured Brickner's photographs of 57 older St. Louis women,...
