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Jeff Nussbaum returning to St. Louis with facinating new book on historical undelivered speeches

Jeff Nussbaum returning to St. Louis with facinating new book on historical undelivered speeches

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 26, 2022

The great speeches of history have lifted our hearts during dark times, given us hope in times of despair, provided courage when we felt fear and helped define the course of human history. But, what about the great speeches that were never delivered?...

Was Monte Hall Jewish?

Was Monte Hall Jewish?

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 25, 2022

Monty Hall, the friendly and engaging host of the long-running television game show “Let’s Make a Deal,”  was, a dual American and Canadian citizen who was born Monte Halparin in the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba to Orthodox Jewish parents,...

This private, on-demand ‘hot rabbi’ may soon be the star of her own reality TV show

This private, on-demand ‘hot rabbi’ may soon be the star of her own reality TV show

Published May 25, 2022

(New York Jewish Week) – Rabbi Rebecca Keren Eisenstadt lives in a one-bedroom apartment on Second Avenue on the Upper East Side, but she feels just as at home in the penthouses just a few blocks away on Park Avenue. Most afternoons, Eisenstadt and...

She missed graduation to get married. 50-years later Gail Lang walks with Wash U '72

She missed graduation to get married. 50-years later Gail Lang walks with Wash U ’72

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished May 25, 2022

On Friday, May 20, Gail Lang did something she had waited to do for 50 years — walk at her college graduation ceremony. There she was, replete in cap and gown, at the age of 71, walking with roughly 50 members of Washington University’s Class of...

Free showing of award winning film, "Petit Rat," Friday on Nine PBS

Free showing of award winning film, “Petit Rat,” Friday on Nine PBS

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 25, 2022

In 1940, a French Jewish girl's dream of becoming a ballerina is cut short by World War II. She vows that if she has daughters, they will become dancers. Nearly 80 years later, she and her two daughters confront the impact of that pledge. That is the...

St. Louis Israeli Folk Dance (IFD) group though the years.

Folk dance group connects St. Louisans with Israel

BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished May 24, 2022

Every Monday night the Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School hosts a dance party in the gym. The participants, who range from teenagers to octogenarians, learn and practice the art of Israeli folk dancing. The St. Louis Israeli Folk Dance...

Was the gangster Meyer Lansky a mensch?

Was the gangster Meyer Lansky a mensch?

Shelley Sackett, The Jewish ExperiencePublished May 24, 2022

(The Jewish Experience) -- When Jonathan Lang set out to write a graphic novel about the notorious Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky, he was determined to capture the mobster's life in all its moral complexity. The result is 2019's "Meyer," for which...

A fair case for ‘The Staircase?’

A fair case for ‘The Staircase?’

Alan Zeitlin, JNSPublished May 24, 2022

(JNS) David Rudolf is one of the most heralded defense attorneys in America with numerous awards. More importantly, he says, is that he has helped fight for innocent people and tried to make sure that everyone gets a fair trial. “That’s a central...

A Rothschild who debunks conspiracy theories for a living is writing the book about Jewish space lasers

A Rothschild who debunks conspiracy theories for a living is writing the book about Jewish space lasers

Asaf Shalev, JTAPublished May 23, 2022

(JTA) — To a conspiracy theorist, last week seemed to offer evidence that the Rothschild family is plotting to undermine Elon Musk. It started when the Tesla tycoon bashed the Democratic Party and said in a tweet that he would switch to voting Republican....

A powerful award-winning documentary takes on interfaith marriage

A powerful award-winning documentary takes on interfaith marriage

Carol Ungar, KvellerPublished May 23, 2022

Seven years ago, Becky Tahel was a typical millennial creative, working round the clock to grow a career as an actor, writer and content creator. Making it in Hollywood is notoriously difficult but Tahel was on the high road to success; she’d scored...

Neil Lane, the official jeweler of ‘The Bachelor,’ is designing luxury ketubahs

Neil Lane, the official jeweler of ‘The Bachelor,’ is designing luxury ketubahs

Published May 23, 2022

(JTA) — Jeweler Neil Lane’s name can conjure many things: celebrity wedding rings, for the likes of Madonna, Rihanna and Penelope Cruz. “The Bachelor,” the reality dating show for which he designs the end-of-season rings. Those ubiquitous Kay...

The ‘queer, disabled’ Zionist who challenged the conventions of Israel’s founders

The ‘queer, disabled’ Zionist who challenged the conventions of Israel’s founders

Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAPublished May 22, 2022

(JTA) — It’s hard to find a poster promoting early 20th-century Zionism that doesn’t depict a tanned, chiseled man toting a shovel or a gun. The posters were visual reinforcement of the “Muscle Jewry” valued by Max Nordau and other early Zionist...

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