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AEPi at Mizzou ready to get “Rocking” again in fight against cancer

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer • Published April 12, 2023

It takes a certain kind of person with a specific kind of drive to be willing to sit in a rocking chair for 63 consecutive hours. Sam Shellist, a senior at the University of Missouri-Columbia and a...

Israeli government bans Jews from Temple Mount through end of Ramadan

Ron Kampeas, JTA • Published April 11, 2023

(JTA) — Israel’s government has banned the entry of Jews to Jerusalem’s Temple Mount through the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan later this month, a decision prompted by heightened Israeli-Palestinian...

Thousands attend funeral Lucy Dee, mother of slain sisters, two days after their funerals

JNS • Published April 11, 2023

(JNS) Thousands gathered on Tuesday afternoon in Israel for the funeral of 48-year-old Lucy Dee, who died on April 10, days after being shot in the April 7 terror attack that also claimed the lives of...

Remembering the memorable Vivian Zwick

ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF • Published April 11, 2023

A really remarkable woman died Sunday (April 9). Vivian Zwick passed away a day after her 106th birthday. Think about that for a minute: 106 years old. Wowza! I most recently got together with Zwick...

How to view rare film depicting Jewish life in Poland before the Holocaust

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer • Published April 11, 2023

In January, construction workers renovating an old tenement house in the city of Lodz, Poland made an unusual discovery. They unearthed hundreds of Jewish artifacts that were hidden before the Nazis occupied...

The Story Behind The Name: The Wool family’s philanthropy

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light • Published April 11, 2023

New Jewish Theatre performances are held at the Marvin and Harlene Wool Studio. St. Louis University students who attend events at the Busch Student Center often use the Harlene and Marvin Wool Ballroom....

Film follows Jewish serial sperm donor Ari Nagel, father of 130

By Naama Barak, Israel21c • Published April 10, 2023

For an Israeli filmmaking couple, the decision to create a documentary of Ari Nagel, the infamous “Sperminator” who’s fathered more than 130 kids, came from a deeply personal debate. “I think...

First show in new “Steve Woolf Studio Theatre Series” debuting Friday

JUDITH NEWMARK, Special to the Jewish Light • Published April 10, 2023

Becks Redman wishes she had had a chance to get to know Stephen Woolf. “We only met once or twice,” explained Redman, co-associate artistic director of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis and its director...

Joan Lipkin, NJT’s Molly Burris win St. Louis Theater Circle Awards

Published April 10, 2023

Molly Burris received the 2023 St. Louis Theater Circle Award for Outstanding Performer in a Comedy, Female or Non-Binary Role, for her work in the New Jewish Theatre’s production of “Dear Jack, Dear...

Mother of sisters slain in Palestinian terrorist attack succumbs to wounds

Published April 10, 2023

(JNS) The mother of two sisters slain in a Palestinian terrorist attack died on Monday from wounds she sustained in the shooting in the Jordan Valley. Lucy Dee, 48, passed away in the hospital where...

‘Two Israels’: What’s really behind the judicial reform protests

Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA • Published April 9, 2023

(JTA) — When Benjamin Netanyahu put his controversial calls for judicial reform on pause two weeks ago, many thought the protesters in Israel and abroad might declare victory and take a break. And yet...

Temple Israel plans Israeli Film Festival

Published April 6, 2023

On Sunday, April 30, the community is invited to Congregation Temple Israel’s 15th Annual Israeli Film Festival, from 3:30 to 8 p.m. Enjoy two Israeli films and Israeli-style refreshments and a presentation...