Nearly a hundred years ago, a hastily crafted spaceship crash-landed in Smallville, Kansas. Inside was an infant – the sole survivor of a planet destroyed by old age. Discovering he possessed superhuman strength and abilities, the boy committed...

The New Jewish Theatre (NJT) continued its streak of excellence at the 2025 St. Louis Theater Circle Awards, bringing home three acting honors across two standout productions. Actors Jacob Schmidt and Spencer Sickmann were recognized for their comedic...

Few stories I’ve written have had a longer shelf life than the one I published last fall about Buzz Spector, the Jewish conceptual artist who’s been altering books—and how we view them—for more than 40 years. That story, centered on his exhibition...

Jessica Radloff, New York Times best-selling author of “The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series” and host and executive producer of "The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast," is taking her deep dive into the beloved sitcom...

The character and story arcs are remarkably sharp, unified and moving in the superb production of “Cabaret” at the New Jewish Theatre. The action takes place in Germany in 1929 and 1930. The central characters are Cliff Bradshaw and Sally Bowles....

“Matchmaking 2” is the delightful sequel to the amiable Israeli romantic comedy “Matchmaking.” The first comedy was a hit at last year’s St. Louis Jewish Film Festival, selling out two theaters, just as it was a hit elsewhere. This year’s...

An inspiring true story of one young woman’s courage and resourcefulness in saving the lives of a group of Polish Jews in World War II is the basis of the historic drama “Irena’s Vow.”  Young Irena Gut (Sophie Nelisse) is a nurse from a prosperous...

Renowned British director Michael Winterbottom's "Shoshana" takes a rare look at Israeli history before it was Israel, and the roots of conflict and impact of British colonial rule, a true tale told through the story of star-crossed lovers. The story...

There have been many powerful films about the Holocaust, so if one opts to create a new one, one must “bring something new to the conversation,” according to the Israeli-American director Lior Geller. Geller told JNS that the new film “The World...

My inbox is always interesting. The other day, I heard from a former St. Louisan named Vic Weisskopf, a veteran who now lives in Chicago but is wisely wintering down in Phoenix, presumably avoiding whatever Midwest weather we're dealing with this week....

While it wasn’t exactly my big-screen debut — I had a brief stint as an extra in “A League of Their Own” in the early 1990s— it was my first time with a speaking role. And in a truly fitting bit of casting, I played myself. Journalist Shula...