“The Messier Side of Parenting” features Taryn Goldstein, a St. Louis Jewish mother of four sons. In her video blog, Goldstein will offer her no-holds-barred take on parenting, with topics ranging from navigating urgent care visits to cleaning toilet...
ELLEN FUTTERMAN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 7, 2021
Golf at the Galleries
When/Where: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday; 12-5 p.m. Monday-Wednesday; 12-8 p.m. Thursday-Friday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, through Sept. 6 at the Sheldon Art Galleries, 3648 Washington Blvd.
Virtual/In-person? In-person
RSVP required:...
YiddishWit.com is a collection of Yiddish proverbs and sayings and expressions that are published in Yiddish and that lend themselves to illustration. The illustrations are created by Johanna Kovitz, and are adaptations and recombinations of existing...
(Israel21c) - As infection rates from the Covid-19 pandemic begin to decline in some countries, the long-term effects of its impact are now becoming clearer.
In the wake of rising mortality rates, massive blows to the economy and disruptions to our...
Unlike Latin, which I arguably don’t know, but am going to say this anyway, Yiddish has style.
To me, the style comes not just from the incredibly humorous sounding words, but from the literal way our great-great-grandparents, great-grandparents,...
CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
• Published July 1, 2021
July 1, 1973 — Israeli Military Attache Is Killed in Maryland
Col. Yosef “Joe” Alon, a military attache at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, is shot five times in his driveway in Chevy Chase, Maryland, and dies within an hour at a hospital....
Alec Baris, Digital Engagement Associate
• Published June 29, 2021
Israeli actress and “Wonder Woman” star Gal Gadot has announced the arrival of a new family member on Twitter and Instagram today:
Alongside her husband, Yaron Varsano, and her two daughters, Gadot captured and shared the moment when her new baby...
YiddishWit.com is a collection of Yiddish proverbs and sayings and expressions that are published in Yiddish and that lend themselves to illustration. The illustrations are created by Johanna Kovitz, and are adaptations and recombinations of existing...
Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 28, 2021
School is out! It’s officially summer! Time for a family vacation!
From Labor Day to Memorial Day, parents and kids look forward to this time of year. I bet that you, like me, look back fondly at memories of summer family vacations. Mine include...
(JTA) — With COVID-19 infections rising in Israel, the government has reinstated some emergency measures that had been lifted when the virus was thought to have been beaten there.
Obligatory masks in all closed spaces were reintroduced Friday as...
Restaurants hold a special place in our lives. We cherish memories of the hangout we went to in high school, the posh eatery we dined at on special occasions, and that place we kept returning to when it had been too long. We’ve lost many of the St....
Faye Schulman is our 'Mensch Of The Week' and here's why.
Schulman was just 22-years old in the late summer of 1942 when Nazi troops who were occupying her town in Poland, massacred its 1,850 Jewish residents. Schulman, a photographer, was among the...
