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Amy Fenster Brown (left) writes, "My BFF Nancy isn't actually taller than me, I just put her on a pedestal.

School is back in session; life lessons begin

Amy Fenster Brown, Special For The Jewish LightPublished August 29, 2022

The majority of St. Louis area students are back at school. That routine brings a good amount of order back into families’ lives. While most kids don’t love mornings getting ready and evenings doing homework, structure is actually really helpful to...

Abbi Jacobson stars in and is co-creator of the Amazon Prime series ‘A League of Their Own.’  
Photo: Anne Marie Fox/Prime Video

From ‘GOT’ prequel to ‘League of their Own’ TV adaptation, Jewish celebrities are in the limelight

NATE BLOOM, Special For The Jewish LightPublished August 25, 2022

“The House of Dragon,” a 10-episode prequel to the mega-hit series “Game of Thrones” (“GOT”), began streaming (HBO) on Sunday, Aug. 21. It is set 200 years before the events in GOT. As the series opens, the Seven Kingdoms (on the continent...

A ‘make-believe’ band of Orthodox Jewish rockers finds real-life success

A ‘make-believe’ band of Orthodox Jewish rockers finds real-life success

Alan Zeitlin, JTAPublished August 25, 2022

(New York Jewish Week) — The hippy-ish, bearded Jewish bandmates who call themselves “Shlepping Nachas” came together in 2019 in Meron, a pilgrimage site in northern Israel where religious Jews gather to mark the holiday of Lag B’Omer. Three of...

Photos: Your back to school pics!

Photos: Your back to school pics!

Published August 24, 2022

This week the St. Louis Jewish Light wished everyone a happy first week of school and a good year. We asked you all to send us your back-to-school pictures and many of you did. It's not too late to be added to our gallery below. Send us your pictures...

Jewish influencer Lizzy Savetsky joining ‘Real Housewives of NYC’

Jewish influencer Lizzy Savetsky joining ‘Real Housewives of NYC’

Julia Gergely, JTAPublished August 23, 2022

(New York Jewish Week) – Though Bravo is opting for an entirely new cast to fill the designer shoes of the iconic “Real Housewives of New York City,” the show won’t have a lack of Jewish energy. Page Six reported Tuesday that Jewish social...

A brief Jewish history of Cel-Ray soda

A brief Jewish history of Cel-Ray soda

JOANNA O’LEARY, JTAPublished August 22, 2022

Celery juice may be the all the rage right now as the detox drink of choice, (according to the Kardashians, at least), but Jews were imbibing their vegetables long before this modern-day craze. Dr. Brown, who lived in the Lower East Side or Williamsburg...

Creator of ‘Shtisel’ is working on a series about Theodor Herzl, father of modern Zionism

Creator of ‘Shtisel’ is working on a series about Theodor Herzl, father of modern Zionism

Published August 22, 2022

(JTA) — Modern Jewish history’s most famous bearded political leader could be coming to streaming services soon, thanks to one of the creators of “Shtisel.” Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism who died in his native Austria in 1904,...

Dana Bash, a correspondent and anchor on CNN. (CNN/HBO Max)

Dana Bash says her new CNN special on antisemitism is ‘one of the most important things I’ve ever done’

Published August 21, 2022

The doc will also be available On Demand beginning Monday, Aug 22, to pay TV subscribers via CNN.com, CNN apps, and Cable Operator Platforms. (JTA) – CNN’s Dana Bash has what she calls “a very, very Jewish response” to the question of why she’s...

Forest animals flee hunters in “The Original Bambi.” Illustration by Alenka Sotler

Is ‘Bambi’ about Jewish persecution, Zionism or something else?

By PJ Grisar, The ForwardPublished August 21, 2022

Editor’s note: We’re republishing this story, originally published on Jan. 28, 2022, for the 80th anniversary of the American theatrical release of the animated film “Bambi,” which debuted in U.S. theaters on Aug. 21, 1942. A prince is...

The Catskills meet Mount Sinai at a night of Jewish comedy

The Catskills meet Mount Sinai at a night of Jewish comedy

Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAPublished August 21, 2022

(JTA) — Back in 2000, Spike Lee made a concert film starring four of the most popular Black comics of the day: Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric The Entertainer and the late great Bernie Mac. “The Original Kings of Comedy” was a revelation for...

Show us your back-to-school signs, we’ll show you ours

Show us your back-to-school signs, we’ll show you ours

Amy Fenster Brown, Special For The Jewish LightPublished August 18, 2022

You know those adorable moms who take those adorable pictures of their kids on the first day of school holding those adorable signs saying what grade they’re in?  I’m not one of those. While the signs are fun and cute, I feel like they could convey...

Zuzanna Surowy as Sara, in “My Name Is Sara.”  Photo courtesy of Strand Releasing.

‘My Name Is Sara’ tells true story of Jewish girl concealing her identity in Nazi-occupied Ukraine

Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish LightPublished August 18, 2022

“My Name Is Sara” is a searing drama based on the true story of a 13-year-old Jewish girl who survived in Nazi-occupied Ukraine by posing as Ukrainian Orthodox Christian while living with a family of farmers who were unaware of her true identity....

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