BY KATHLEEN LEES, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published December 1, 2024
The winter season kicks off a new Holocaust Composer Series—a collaboration between the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO) to humanize Holocaust education.
“We...
By Zachy Hennessey, Israel21c
• Published November 26, 2024
Award-winning Israeli spy thriller “Tehran” is set to welcome celebrated British actor Hugh Laurie for its third season, premiering December 9 on Apple TV+ and Israel’s Kan public broadcaster.
Laurie,...
Akiva Van Koningsveld, JNS
• Published November 26, 2024
The Israeli Security Cabinet voted on Tuesday to approve a 60-day truce with the Hezbollah terror organization in Lebanon, CNN reported.
All Israel Defense Forces soldiers are expected to withdraw from...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published November 26, 2024
For nearly two decades, the Gentile Ministry—a Pacific, Mo.-based coalition of Baptist pastors and their congregations—has openly supported newly formed security and IDF-associated units in Israel....
Center for Israel Education
• Published November 26, 2024
Nov. 28, 1961 — Operation Yachin Begins for Moroccan Jews
After a two-year ban on Jewish emigration from Morocco, Israel launches Operation Yachin to help Moroccan Jews make aliyah via France or Italy....
(JTA) — TEL AVIV — With no formal training but with all the aplomb of a seasoned chef, Sharona Dahan serves up plate after plate of Moroccan fish — a dish rooted in her family’s culinary traditions...
Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published November 25, 2024
Roughly 25 people attended the unveiling and dedication of the Michael Staenberg Lobby at Epstein Hebrew Academy on Monday, Nov. 25. While Staenberg has been a long-time supporter of the Jewish day school...
WASHINGTON — The killing of an Israeli Chabad rabbi in the United Arab Emirates shocked many, and illustrated the dangers Jews face around the world.
But if the aim of the attack was to to undermine...
BY GERRY KOWARSKY, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 25, 2024
Rebekah Scallet knows how to pick ’em.
As artistic director of the New Jewish Theatre, Scallet decides which shows the company will produce. Her five selections for the 2024 season included only two...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 25, 2024
After 179 years, B’nai B’rith Lodge #22 has closed. The St. Louis Jewish institution’s demise was tied to dwindling membership and contributions. At its largest point, the lodge had a total membership...
JEFFRY GREENBERG, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 24, 2024
Mimi David makes it clear that her role as a dating coach is not akin to Yente, the matchmaker in “Fiddler on the Roof.”
“A lot of people don’t know the difference,” said David, who is director...
Bill Motchan, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published November 24, 2024
In 1976 at age 22, Ellen Schapiro set off on a cross-country trip on her Motobecane bicycle from Astoria, Ore., to Pensacola, Fla. Schapiro took the trip with her sister in search of adventure. Nearly...