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Doug Emhoff argues Trump is “an agent of chaos and cruelty”

By Arno Rosenfeld, The ForwardPublished October 30, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Second gentleman Doug Emhoff recently delivered a major address on antisemitism in Pittsburgh, trying to convince Jewish...

Former president Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Madison Square Garden, New York, Oct. 27, 2024. (Peter W. Stevenson /The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Former ADL chief Abe Foxman slams group for muted response to Trump’s MSG rally

Asaf Elia-Shalev, Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 30, 2024

When Jonathan Greenblatt used his platform as the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League on Monday to condemn a certain act of bigotry, his longtime predecessor atop the ADL, Abe Foxman, took notice — not just of what Greenblatt said but also of what he...

Oskar Jakob and Suzanne Rico

St. Louis Holocaust survivor’s story part of new Podcast ‘The Man Who Calculated Death’

Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished October 29, 2024

A new podcast, "The Man Who Calculated Death" is the story of a person coming to terms with an ancestor who worked for the Third Reich. It is scheduled for release on Wednesday, Nov. 6, and is already generating positive buzz. The trailer alone has pushed...

Danny Jacobs' St. Louis based podcast 'How To Destroy Everything' is back with new episodes

Danny Jacobs’ St. Louis based podcast ‘How To Destroy Everything’ is back with new episodes

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 29, 2024

The sixth episode of Danny Jacobs’ "How To Destroy Everything" was released on Tuesday, Oct. 29. The Jewish Light profiled Jacobs and his filmmaking partner Darren Grodsky in August 2023 after the Jewish St. Louis natives debuted their podcast. The...

Five Jewish horror movies to watch at Halloween

Five Jewish horror movies to watch at Halloween

By Andy Freedman, Moment MagazinePublished October 29, 2024

This story was originally published on Moment.com. Sign up for the Moment Minute.  Just in time for Halloween, I have a few movies to recommend that have Judaism at their core. If you haven’t been paying much attention to horror movies lately,...

Waitlists open for Covenant Place

Waitlists open for Covenant Place

Published October 29, 2024

Waitlists for the Covenant Place I Weinberg Building and Covenant Place II Cahn Family Building affordable senior apartments are now open to new applicants, aged 62+ who meet the income eligibility criteria. These units feature open floor plans, modern...

Justin Timberlake at Nationwide Arena Nov. 16, 2013.

Curtains up, pages turn and stages shine with St. Louis’ end of the entertainment lineup

BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, Special To The Jewish LightPublished October 29, 2024

Opportunities to engage with the arts this fall are as vibrant as the season’s autumn leaves.   Theaters have scheduled comedies, dramas, mysteries and musicals. Other entertainment venues invite you to hear Chris Botti, Ann Hampton Callaway, Billy...

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump holds a rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Oct. 27, 2024. Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

‘I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite of a Nazi,’ Donald Trump says at Georgia rally

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished October 29, 2024

Speaking at a campaign rally in Georgia on Monday night, Donald Trump said the Kamala Harris campaign was painting him and his supporters as embracing Nazi ideology, a charge he rejected forcefully. “I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite of a Nazi,”...

Would a real mensch wear a ‘mensch’ T-shirt?

Would a real mensch wear a ‘mensch’ T-shirt?

By Jodi Rudoren, The ForwardPublished October 28, 2024

This is an adaptation of our editor-in-chief’s weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox on Friday afternoons. At a Jewish conference in Chicago last month, I picked up a T-shirt for the husband with a single word on it:...

December 2021- the last family photo of the five members of the Arnold family

Amid unimaginable loss, a family’s legacy of kindness shines through

By Marsha SchumanPublished October 28, 2024

This is not a happy story, but it is one of truth. Three years ago, our 15-year-old grandson Noah Arnold was hit by a car in Beverly Hills, Calif. and ultimately died from his injuries. I never believed that lightening could or would strike twice but...

Benjamin Ginsberg, Center Chair, Lecturer

Author coming to St. Louis urges Jews to rethink alliances amid rising left-wing antisemitism

KEVIN DEUTSCH, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished October 28, 2024

In Benjamin Ginsberg’s latest book, “The New American Anti-Semitism: The Left, The Right, and The Jews”, he urges Jews to “wake up” to the threat posed by left-wing antisemitism in the United States. Ginsberg is the David Bernstein Professor...

Leo Durocher.

This World Series echoes 1941, when Cardinals legend Leo Durocher battled Hitler from the dugout

By Rafael MedoffPublished October 28, 2024

As the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers face off in this year’s World Series, some recall the first time the two teams met in the Fall Classic, in 1941—a contest remembered for one of baseball’s most famous plays. But that World Series was...

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