By Lior Zaltzman, Kveller n
• Published March 8, 2023
Get those pre-ordering fingers ready because a Henry Winkler biography is finally coming, and we can’t wait to devour it all.
The Jewish actor known as the Fonz, Dr. Saperstein, Gene Cousineau, the...
Nusach Hari B’nai Zion’s Synaplex Shabbat on Saturday, March 11 will feature, as one of its three presenters, nationally recognized speaker on Israel advocacy Destiny Albritton, whose presentation...
The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum announced the opening of the spring funding cycle for the Rubin and Gloria Feldman Family Educational Institute to promote Holocaust education. Interested...
What would you do as a parent if you found out your first grader had brain cancer? What would you do if less than four years later, after several successful surgeries to remove the tumors causing the brain...
(JNS) Israel Defense Forces tanks struck a Hamas post in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, after terrorists detonated an explosive device close to troops operating along the border.
The attack occurred...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published March 7, 2023
The 2023 University City Purim parade-and re-enactment stepped off from the corner of Cornell at Gay Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
The enthusiastic crowd brought out the creativity in their costume selection....
Last week, Esther Miller Bais Yaakov (all-women’s) High School in University City welcomed about 150 Orthodox high school students and chaperones from 15 other Bais Yaakov schools around the country...
Barbara Ballinger and Margaret Crane, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published March 7, 2023
Spring is renewal, rebirth, a reboot. It offers a change in scenery and a lift to our spirits. The idea that we can look forward to seeing multi-colored flowers bloom in public spaces, at favorite nurseries...
Mia Amran, The National Library of Israel
• Published March 7, 2023
If you haven’t heard of Yalta yet, it’s okay – many people haven’t. But as the second most mentioned woman in the Talmud, Yalta does deserve more fame, especially as her daring escapades left many...
Shaare Emeth kicked off their Purim festivities on Sunday with “A Purim Story,” a family-friendly Purim spiel for families with children ages 0–12. “Toy Story” characters will help re-tell the...
By Beth Harpaz, The Forward
• Published March 7, 2023
Remember the Alamo? The storied battle took place during the Texas war for independence from Mexico. Frontiersman Davy Crockett was among 200 men holed up in an old Spanish mission used as a fort during...
By Jennifer A. Stern, The Forward
• Published March 7, 2023
Was the famous English Victorian novelist Charles Dickens (1812-70) a friend of the Jews?
In 1912, the London-based journalist and editor Morris Meyer wrote a series of articles about Dickens. This was...
