Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 15, 2022
You never know what St. Louis native, Clayton High School grad and reality TV icon Andy Cohen will do next.
Deadline.com is reporting that Cohen, the host of "Watch What Happens Live" and “Real Housewives” executive producer, announced that...
BILL MOTCHAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 15, 2022
Few musical styles bring as much energy to the stage as klezmer, a genre with Eastern European Jewish roots. Klezmer blends jazz with Greek and Balkan melodies to create a unique sound that usually includes a fiddle, clarinet and accordion.
On Sept....
“Your dog is turning 13? You have to throw him a bark mitzvah!”
With the frequency of this exclamation, I had assumed there would be online how-to guides aplenty. And there certainly is delightful content for canine party games and plushie...
By Caren Lissner, Kveller
• Published September 15, 2022
Popular Jewish American young adult author Judy Blume turned 84 in February, a whopping 52 years after she published her classic novel about adolescence, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (1970). The day after her 84th birthday on February...
This Sunday, the first installment of Ken Burns’ documentary “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” is set to air on Nine PBS locally from 7 to 9 p.m. The three-part, six-hour series focuses on “America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of...
Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published September 13, 2022
Mark your calendars for Sunday, Sept. 18, for not one but two noteworthy events.
The first, returning after a three-year delay because of COVID, is the Jewish arts and culture festival, Sababa, featuring dozens of visual artists, kid-friendly musical...
(JTA) — When I spoke recently at a conference on fighting antisemitism, I offered up one practical suggestion that might have surprised attendees: “I hope you’ll watch ‘Mo’ on Netflix.”
I was on a panel called “Combating Hate Through Coalition...
(JTA) – Julia Garner and Brett Goldstein were the big Jewish Emmy winners Monday night, as both actors took home statuettes on television’s starriest night.
Garner scored her third win for best supporting actress in a drama for her role on Netflix’s...
Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published September 13, 2022
They say all good things are worth waiting for. That’s certainly how organizers of the second Sababa Jewish Arts and Cultural Festival are approaching this year’s event, after postponing it twice, in 2020 and 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“This...
Jordan Palmer and Dan Buffa, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 12, 2022
Jewish actor, stand-up comic and writer Brett Goldstein has won his second Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor for Ted Lasso. Goldstein won his first Emmy for the role last year, and Monday night won again. Viewers might remember that his acceptance...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 12, 2022
Julia Garner, a two time Emmy winner has added a third statue to her mantel and could potentially win a fourth tonight. The double nominee just won the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as "Ruth" in Ozark. She is also nominated...
