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Mark Dana is an avid cyclist who frequently takes part in fundraising cycling events such as Pedal the Cause. Photo: Bill Motchan

St. Louis’ Jewish community has long supported Pedal the Cause

AMY BURGER, Special to the Jewish LightPublished September 12, 2022

If you've been around St. Louis over the past 13 years, chances are you will be familiar with Pedal the Cause, the annual cycling challenge that has raised over $36 million in funding for cancer research at Siteman Cancer Center and Siteman Kids at...

Jewish Trivia: Queen Elizabeth II

Mark Zimmerman, Special For The Jewish LightPublished September 12, 2022

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth died...

What happened in Vegas isn’t staying in Vegas

What happened in Vegas isn’t staying in Vegas

AMY FENSTER, Special For The Jewish LightPublished September 9, 2022

When you think of a wholesome family vacation Las Vegas probably doesn’t top the list. So that’s exactly why we went there. Jeff loves Vegas, but Davis, Leo and I had never been. With two teenage boys, Sin City sounded like a good option. (Mother...

Bunny Burson returns to St. Louis with new work celebrating family, art and faith

Bunny Burson returns to St. Louis with new work celebrating family, art and faith

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 8, 2022

Printmaker and artist Bunny Burson may now call Colorado home, but she’s come back to St. Louis for her newest art opening this weekend at the Bruno David Gallery in Clayton. This is her sixth solo exhibition with the gallery and is the latest chapter...

Maurice Duke was born Maurice Duschinsky in 1910 in Coney Island. Courtesy of Michael Barrie

The greatest Jewish Hollywood character you’ve never heard about

Michael Barrie, The ForwardPublished 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...

‘He was not even a Jew or a person; he was a force’ — Sid Caesar at 100

‘He was not even a Jew or a person; he was a force’ — Sid Caesar at 100

By Benjamin Ivry, The ForwardPublished September 7, 2022
Born in Yonkers in 1922, the creator of 'Your Show of Shows' was part pugilist, part comic
Photo: Jon Gitchoff

For the first time, NJT readies for a world premiere

JUDITH NEWMARK, Special For The Jewish LightPublished September 7, 2022
Life of bees, Jewish thought bring buzz to New Jewish Theatre
Jerry Seinfeld swaps puffy shirts for high-end streetwear in fashion shoot

Jerry Seinfeld swaps puffy shirts for high-end streetwear in fashion shoot

Published September 6, 2022

(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,”...

The Jewish history of The Fabulous Fox and how Mary and Leon Strauss saved it 40 years ago

The Jewish history of The Fabulous Fox and how Mary and Leon Strauss saved it 40 years ago

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished 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)....

Metro Theater Company turns 50

Metro Theater Company turns 50

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished 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...

Hidden from the Nazis, murdered Jewish artist's trove of paintings discovered in Prague house

Hidden from the Nazis, murdered Jewish artist’s trove of paintings discovered in Prague house

Amos Chapple of Radio Free EuropePublished 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...

Actor Steve Carell portrays Dr. Alan Strauss, a Jewish therapist taken captive, in a new show called “The Patient.” Credit: Courtesy of FX.

A Jewish therapist-turned-hostage who may be killed … or escape

By Alan ZeitlinPublished September 5, 2022
Will the audience be “patient” with Steve Carell in a new tension-filled show on FX and Hulu?
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