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From left: Alex Rich, Kevin Glazer and Ben Poremba

Meet the St. Louis Jewish artist turning collage into a spiritual practice

Published June 18, 2025

What do you get when you combine a collage artist, a camera and a conversation about identity? The newest episode of "Jews in the Lou" drops this week and features Kevin Glazer, a multidisciplinary St. Louis artist who’s using scissors, style and spirituality...

You’re perfect, but also… someone can’t stand you

You’re perfect, but also… someone can’t stand you

Amy Fenster BrownPublished June 18, 2025

I’ve got good news and bad news. Good news first.  Ed Sheeran says you’re perfect. Aretha Franklin thinks you’re wonderful. Billy Joel loves you just the way you are.  The bad news – someone out there disagrees. Don’t be paranoid, we’re...

Two Jewish trailblazers bring deaf stories—and strength—to the big screen

Two Jewish trailblazers bring deaf stories—and strength—to the big screen

Nate Bloom, Special To The Jewish LightPublished June 18, 2025

The documentary “Marlee Matlin is Not Alone” will open in theaters on June 20. The film, which played the prestigious Sundance Festival to good reviews, explores the life of actress MARLEE MATLIN, 59, who is deaf. It. Word is that the film covers...

Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans, Dakota Johnson in "The Materialists"

‘The Materialists’ opens with Jewish cast members in standout roles

Nate Bloom, Special To The Jewish LightPublished June 18, 2025

The new comedy, “The Materialists,” opened in theaters on June 13. In it, Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is a top matchmaker for elite New Yorkers. At one of her weddings where her ex-boyfriend John (Chris Evans) is a waiter, she meets the very wealthy Harry...

Aaron Taylor Johnson as Jamie in '28 Years Later

Move over zombies—there’s a Jewish hero in the apocalypse now

Nate Bloom, Special To The Jewish LightPublished June 18, 2025

“28 Years Later” opens in theaters on June 19, which is the sequel to “28 Days Later” (2002) and “28 Weeks Later” (2007). All the “bad things” in the three films trace back to an event in the first film when animal activists broke into...

Barbara Walters

Barbara Walters gets the Barbara Walters treatment in new documentary

By Olivia HayniePublished June 16, 2025

When she broke out on The Today Show in the 60s, Barbara Walters changed the world of news forever, opening doors that had previously been closed to women and taking a different approach to the way news was done. Over 60 years since Walters started...

How Beckie Jacobs turned ice cream into a calling

How Beckie Jacobs turned ice cream into a calling

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 10, 2025

When your passion becomes your profession—and your profession just happens to be ice cream—it’s safe to say you’ve never worked a day in your life. On June 24, Beckie Jacobs, founder of Serendipity Homemade Ice Cream, will be the featured guest...

Photograph by Courtesy of HBO

Paul Reubens Pee-wee: HBO doc uncovers the painful split

By PJ GrisarPublished June 10, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. In a sense, the laudatory, exculpatory and often adversarial two-part documentary tribute to the late actor Paul Reubens,...

Natasha Lyonne at the Women in Film Annual Gala in Beverly Hills, Calif., June 12, 2019. She’s nominated for best comedy actress for her role in “Russian Doll.” (Emma McIntyre/FilmMagic,)

Why Jewish stars keep stealing the show in “Poker Face”

By Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 10, 2025

You still have time to watch the second season of “Poker Face” which is streaming on Peacock through July 25.  Reviews of the first two seasons are good to great. Here’s an excerpt of a second season review in the Daily Beast: "'Poker Face”...

Gateway Arch photo by Brittany Moore/Pexels

Meet three St. Louis artists who are reshaping Contemporary Art

By Nancy KranzbergPublished June 4, 2025

Just a few months ago, I shared stories of some of the bright lights in the St. Louis arts community. Today, I return with a deeper spotlight on three artists whose brilliance has only grown—now illuminating not just our city, but the international...

Susan Sherman

This St. Louis scholarship could launch someone’s fashion career

Published June 4, 2025

The St. Louis Fashion Fund has launched the Susan Sherman Fashion Scholarship. Named after its chair emeritus, Susan Sherman, four $5,000 scholarships will be awarded to Missouri college students in fashion design, fashion merchandising, fashion entrepreneurship,...

Brothers Lazaroff to headline two benefit concerts for tornado relief

Brothers Lazaroff to headline two benefit concerts for tornado relief

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished June 4, 2025

The Brothers Lazaroff are playing two special nights at Joe’s Café, 6014 Kingsbury Ave., to raise money for local tornado relief. The June 10 concert features Selector Blvck Spdve while the show on June 24 has DJ Boogieman selecting and mixing after...

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