Nikki Goldstein is retiring after 23 years as executive director of the Gladys and Henry Crown Center for Senior Living, a non-profit affordable housing resource and community center in University City...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published June 9, 2023
Iconic Jewish comedian Jerry Seinfeld's four-arena comedy tour will make a stop here in St. Louis on November 11, at the Enterprise Center in downtown St. Louis. The tour, which will begin in San Francisco...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published June 8, 2023
The newest museum in Washington, D.C. opens Friday, June 9, with a small but significant nod to a Jewish kid from Granite City, Ill. who grew up to cover the White House for nearly two decades for CBS...
The Jewish Community Center welcomes three new members to their executive team: Nicole Hawkins, Chief Operations Officer; Tracy Bowler, director of marketing and communications; and Andy Berman, director...
Responses to recent Rochester column
In the May 24 Light, columnist Marty Rochester tries to defend the indefensible conservative media (“What to make of Tucker Carlson — and other journalists...
One of the bigger shopping challenges has always been buying gifts for Dad. Since the pandemic changed work attire forever, it also eliminated the lame but reliable fallback of a tie.
So what can you...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published June 8, 2023
On March 27, Season 23 of "The Voice" officially kicked off its "battle rounds" shows, when each celebrity coach begins to whittle down their teams. But what many watching also saw was the presence of...
Well it’s too late baby to enter our Carole King lookalike contest because the deadline has passed, but we have a winner: Lynn Harris of University City.
Harris, who is now mostly retired, admitted...
Decades after Gloria Steinem began raising her voice for equality and championing the voices of others, her vision is as urgent as ever. In this exploration of the iconic feminist’s legacy, the first...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 7, 2023
Jen Weinman was going through a really hard time in her life. She was dealing with depression and had a bad breakup. Then she met a group of people who had a common interest: improv theater.
“I asked...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published June 7, 2023
In early 2017 the St. Louis Art Museum (SLAM) began looking at ways to bridge societal gaps that were appearing around the city and the country. One idea was to turn their popular "Religion and Art" tour...
On the heels of last month's release of the first-ever comprehensive U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, St. Louisans have a chance to learn more about the plan as well as hear what local leaders...
