(JTA) – Jewish TV shows and performers are well represented on the list of 2022 Emmy nominations, with actors including Seth Rogen, Julia Garner, Andrew Garfield and Henry Winkler making the cut.
It was a particularly good year for Jews in comedy,...
(JNS) -- A children’s book by Ruth Krauss called The Carrot Seed, first published in 1945, is a little read that packs a big punch. In it, the main character, a little boy who doesn’t even have a name, plants a seed in the ground amid a cast of naysayers....
Laura G., History & Languages Librarian at St. Louis Public Library
• Published July 11, 2022
A nun of unknown order sits quietly at a table under the roof of the public library. She writes diligently in her journal, surrounded by stacks of books, unaware that she is being anonymously immortalized by a roving pen. For several long, unbroken minutes,...
(JTA) — Lea Michele will replace Beanie Feldstein as the lead of Broadway’s revival of the extremely Jewish musical “Funny Girl,” with Jewish Broadway legend Tovah Feldshuh stepping into a key supporting role.
Michele and Feldshuh’s first...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 10, 2022
In his new book, “Invisible Storm: A Soldier’s Memoir of Politics and PTSD,” former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander shares his struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts following his service in Afghanistan.
On July 14, the JCC...
By PJ Grisar, The Forward
• Published July 7, 2022
James Caan, the actor who immortalized Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather,” and committed nuanced performances to films like “Thief,” has died at the age of 82.
The announcement was posted to Caan’s Twitter account, known in recent years...
Until recently, St. Charles County had been home to at least two dozen churches and zero synagogues. The lack of Jewish gathering spaces in St. Charles did not appear to deter western migration, as an estimated 6,000 Jews now live in St. Charles,...
This fall, Congregation Shaare Emeth will launch JQuest, a new Sunday morning learning experience for PreK and Kindergarten. JQuest is open to the community and no temple membership is required to participate.
“The experiential learning that happens...
By Emilie Schaffer, CFP®, CRPC®, Buckingham Wealth Advisor
• Published July 5, 2022
Let’s say you are 36 years old and feel like you have everything you want.
You graduated from college with a nursing degree and enjoyed the uncomplicated life of a single woman in her twenties. You saw the world and utilized your skills at the Red...
(Israel Hayom via JNS) American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and wife, Israeli singer Daniela Pick, welcomed a baby girl to the world on Sunday.
The baby, whose name has not yet been announced, was born at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, as was the...
(JTA) – Leonard Cohen wrote around 150 verses to “Hallelujah,” or so the scholars claim.
The beloved Canadian folk singer, who fused Jewish mysticism with pop mythology for a global audience, wrote several hit songs over his 50-year career,...
(JTA) — Vladimir Zelenko, the doctor from an Orthodox enclave near New York City who rose to fame early in the COVID-19 pandemic for promoting an untested drug cocktail, has died of cancer at 48.
The foundation that Zelenko launched to advance his...
