They’re back . . . live and in person.
After the COVID-19 pandemic turned last year’s event virtual, Brothers Lazaroff is excited to be back in-person for 2021’s Hanukkah Hullabaloo, the band’s 11th annual, Saturday, Dec. 4 from 7 to 10 p.m....
(JTA) — When Rabbi Lisa Gelber heard that the Food and Drug Administration had approved the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5-11, she couldn’t wait for the moment that her daughter would get the shot.
But she also knew her daughter...
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
• Published November 1, 2021
A third (booster) dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 is 93 percent effective in protecting individuals against severe Covid-19-related outcomes, compared with two doses received at least five months earlier.
This conclusion is based...
It’s truly amazing how long it takes till you really understand your grandfather or at least a part of him, you took for granted.
Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish,...
(JTA) — A prominent rabbi in the Netherlands compared her country’s COVID-19 safety measures to the policies of Nazi Germany, drawing harsh rebuke from Jewish groups.
Tamarah Benima, an outspoken 71-year-old Reform rabbi from Amsterdam, made...
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
• Published October 27, 2021
‘I want any teenager with problems to know that life doesn’t end with school,’ says Shilo Ben Zeev. ‘If you push your dream and don’t give up, you can do a lot.’
With the first night of Hanukkah roughly a month away (Hanukkah starts the night of Nov. 28 this year), shoppers are sure to be in the thick of present buying. Why not make things a little easier on them and suggest a great book (or four)? These titles...
Circus Flora
When/Where: Through Oct. 31 at the Big Top in Grand Center
Virtual/In-person? In-person
RSVP required? Tickets for in-person shows are $10- $85 and available at metrotix.com.
Description: As Circus Flora’s storytellers will describe,...
Did you know that the COVID-19 pandemic is officially considered a federal disaster? People impacted by a disaster need immediate and long-term help to understand what is happening, how to understand their reactions, and where to go for help.
Fortunately,...
(October 21, 2021 / JNS) Researchers at the Technion‒Israel Institute of Technology have developed an innovative treatment for breast cancer based on analgesic nanoparticles that target the nervous system. The study, published in Science Advances,...
Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 21, 2021
The St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is back, and this time it’s in-person — and virtual. What remains the same is that the book festival, Nov. 7-18, brings to town its usual splendid array of books, with more than 25 events and 35 authors, for its...
Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 20, 2021
We are one week away from Halloween, which is like a warning that the winter holiday season is right around the corner -- hiding so it can jump out, yell “BOO!” and scare you when you least expect it.
Halloween is also a fantastic time to ponder...
