Michael Barrie, The Forward
• Published September 8, 2022
You hear the name Duke in Hollywood and you picture a mountain of a man in a weathered Stetson firing his Colt from a speedy horse. Well, this isn’t about him. It’s about another Hollywood Duke — a short Jew in a fedora firing expletives from his...
(New York Jewish Week) – At 68 years old, Jerry Seinfeld has become the newest face of the streetwear brand Kith.
The comedian and New Yorker, whose last fashion statement may well have been the “puffy shirt” he wore on a 1993 episode of “Seinfeld,”...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 6, 2022
On Sept. 7, the Fabulous Fox Theatre will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its 1982 re-opening. This remarkable achievement would not have happened without the efforts of two members of the St. Louis Jewish community, Mary and Leon Strauss (z”l)....
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 6, 2022
Allow me to share a distinct memory that might sound familiar to you. The year is 1976 and Mrs. Lambert lines up her second graders to march down to the gym to sit on that hard, sticky floor for a special show about the 200th birthday of the United...
Amos Chapple of Radio Free Europe
• Published September 6, 2022
Fearful that the occupying Nazi forces in Prague could confiscate a lifetime's worth of artwork, Jewish painter Gertrud Kauders decided in 1939 to hide her vast array of paintings and drawings.
Nearly 80 years later, in the summer of 2018, Michal...
BY RACHEL MYERSON, JTA
• Published September 1, 2022
There’s nothing like seeing yourself represented on screen, especially when the TV show or movie in question highlights the food of your heritage. And at The Nosher, we are smug in the knowledge that Jewish food ranks among the best in the world —...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 1, 2022
For the first time since 2020, the magical sounds of the annual Arts & Faith St. Louis Interfaith Concert are returning to the Sheldon Concert Hall.
The free concert "Faith into Action" will take place Sunday, Sept. 18 at 4 p.m. at the Sheldon...
RICHARD LAZAROFF, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 31, 2022
Congratulations! I hear you are pregnant.
These are words many are eager to hear, and friends and family enjoy saying it. But after hearing the words out loud, it is time to get down to business and get ready. And task No. 1, if you haven’t already...
PJ Library, the flagship program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation (HGF), is celebrating the delivery of its 50 millionth free book to Jewish families this summer. What started out in 2005 as a small project in Western Massachusetts has now grown to...
