Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 20, 2022
In watching Episode 1 of Ken Burns' documentary series “The U.S. and the Holocaust,” on PBS, St. Louis viewers received a special treat. One of our own was prominently included in the documentary.
At approximately 35 minutes in, we meet Gunther...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published September 19, 2022
In Monday's Morning Light email, I opened my heart and my belly to you all, admitting that I'm just not into this whole honey cake phenomenon. Many of you have sent in messages of support. One reader, Rivka Dushoff-Tobin, who is the proud grandmother...
Dan Buffa and Jordan Palmer
• Published September 16, 2022
Is it better to fight back and avenge or take the higher road when dealing with bullies? An ageless question that Netflix’s hit series, “Cobra Kai,” bases the weight of its story upon. The show itself, which just debuted its fifth season this week,...
On Saturday, Sept. 24 from 12:30-3 p.m., Dance the Vote STL will present “Midterms Matter, “a free, nonpartisan, family friendly, all-inclusive event in front of the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park to promote voter awareness in advance of the...
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....
Add this ancient city to your bucket list. Acre, also known as Akko or Akka, is one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites, and it is no wonder.
The massive stone walls surrounding the city are set above the turquoise waters of the Mediterranean Sea.
Acre...
“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...
When New York granted university status last February to what had been known until this year as Touro College, it signaled a milestone for what has become America’s largest Jewish-sponsored educational institution.
Touro University, now celebrating...
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...
