It would take 10 men to defeat Ovadia (Moris Cohen), the strongest doorman in Tel Aviv. Revered by customers and beloved by his co-workers, he only wishes there was some way he could help his wife (Rotem Zissman-Cohen) get pregnant with their first...

James Gunn is a rise, fall, and rise again kind of Hollywood story. You could even make a movie about it one day.   The St. Louis-born writer/director-who of Jewish and Irish heritage hit it big in 2014 with Marvel, directing a pair of...

Each week The St. Louis Jewish Light celebrates a Jewish comedian. Today, we're remembering Jackie Mason, who died last month at 93. His comedy, delivered in a distinctive cadence inflected with the Yiddish of his childhood on the Lower East Side of...

August 5, 1953 — Special Forces Unit 101 Is Formed Unit 101, an independent special forces section of the Israel Defense Forces, is launched with about 20 soldiers under the command of Ariel Sharon to provide a rapid, nimble response to terrorist attacks...

(Israel21c) - When tourism resumes in Israel, whether it’s in the rainy winter or the sizzling summer, outdoor conditions are irrelevant if you do your sightseeing underground. In this video, we recommend: 10. Templar’s Tunnels, Acre (Akko):...

What better time than summer to get outside and get your groove on, right? That’s the assessment offered by Rick Recht, the executive director of JKids Radio, Jewish Rock Radio and Songleader Boot Camp. With that in mind, for our latest Jewish...

Midway through Cameron Crowe's hit movie, "Jerry Maguire," young Ray Boyd (played by the then-5-year-old adorable Jonathan Lipnicki) asks the title character, played by Tom Cruise, if they can go to the zoo. The man and child are bonding after Jerry's...

(Israel21c) - The last few weeks have been incredibly thrilling for soccer fans, who spent their evenings religiously glued to the Euros and the Copa América. Aside from hijacking our TV sets every night, what these two leagues have in common is that...

Because we all need to laugh more,  The St. Louis Jewish Light brings you The Jewish Joke Of The Week. If you have a joke you would like to share, please email [email protected].

As a rabbi who tutors bar and bat mitzvah students and as the mom of two teenagers and a 20-year-old, I thought it would be fun and possibly enlightening to watch both seasons of Mindy Kaling’s popular Netflix series, “Never Have I Ever.” It was...

As a grandmother of a “rising” kindergartener who begins school in late August, I was more than interested when I heard about Jessica Schneider’s book, “Am I Ready Now?” In clever rhymes, it tells the story of 5-year-old Louie, who is super...