Upcoming events include a family "Making Mensches" event at Shaare Emeth's Mitzvah Garden, Kol Rinah's First Fridays family service, 'Matilda: The Musical,' the St Charles Jewish Festival and more.
‘Matilda: The Musical’
When/Where: July 22-24...
For pediatricians, summer is a time when their office schedule is filled with routine physical examinations. Visits for respiratory infections are usually low, and families have the time to schedule a visit to the doctor for their otherwise busy adolescents.
If...
By Lior Zaltzman, Kveller
• Published July 17, 2022
Put a family movie night on your calendar for this coming August because the movie adaptation of the very Jewish Broadway musical “13,” titled “13: The Musical” is about to hit your Netflix, and the first trailer looks so, so delightful.
The...
By Evelyn Frick, Hey Alma!
• Published July 17, 2022
One more warning: spoilers ahead for “Thor: Love & Thunder.”
Marvel movies are renowned for their post-credits scenes. Ranging from important set-ups of future films (like when we met Thanos after 2012’s “The Avengers”) to silly one-off...
(JTA) – The story of Israel’s 1948 war for independence is told through the eyes of one kibbutz in “Image of Victory,” a new Netflix film that’s being billed as the most expensive Israeli movie ever.
Inspired by the real-life battle for...
Madadh Richey, Brandeis University
• Published July 15, 2022
What is a “monster”? For most Americans, this word sparks images of haunted houses and horror movies: scary creations, neither human nor animal, and usually evil.
But it can be helpful to think about “monsters” beyond these knee-jerk images....
(JTA) — An Orthodox community in South Florida is reeling after a 3-year-old boy died when he was left in a hot car outside a Chabad-Lubavitch school, where both of his parents are teachers.
According to local reports, the boy’s father found him...
(JTA) – Sara Guralnick Shapiro survived the Holocaust by disguising herself as a Christian and working for a family of Ukrainian farmers. She then went on to live a long and prosperous life as a member of Detroit’s Jewish community.
Her story...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 14, 2022
The modern Jewish state of Israel marked its recent 74th anniversary of independence in a subdued and troubled mood.
Israel’s fragile-year-old coalition had lost its one-vote majority in the Knesset. Israeli nationalists encountered violent Palestinian...
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. They also say, “Amy, you talk too much.” Sometimes, you capture an image that is spectacular enough to be framed. Other times, you see the picture on your phone and hit delete. I think those are the real...
(JTA) — Kristin had been trying to conceive for two years before learning that she had two blood-clotting conditions that increased her risk of miscarriage and could make pregnancy and childbirth dangerous, even fatal.
So she and her husband Shai...
BY HOWARD FREEDMAN, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published July 12, 2022
For many of us, summer reading involves books that engage us but don’t feel like work to get through. One genre that frequently fits the bill is mystery. Cases in point: two new Jewish-flavored mystery novels.
Matt Goldman is known for his...
