Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published November 19, 2021
We will have barely cleared the dishes from Thanksgiving, when Hanukkah shows up a few days later — in November, no less.
If like me, you’re behind in your Hanukkah shopping — or haven’t even started! — perhaps some things in the Light’s...
A St. Louis man is in custody awaiting trial on a federal charge that he threatened to blow up Central Reform Congregation, according to a report first published on STLToday.com, the website of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
According to the Post-Dispatch,...
Shaked Karabelnicoff, Special from Jewish Unpacked
• Published October 28, 2021
It’s fall, which means ’tis the season for all-things pumpkin spice (if you like it or not). Pumpkin spice lattes, Oreos, cheesecake… these are all things I can get behind, because pumpkin spice is delicious.
But the latest pumpkin spice trend...
Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published October 26, 2021
Chabad of Chesterfield is launching a new course for women focused on Jewish rituals.
The course, “Well-Connected: It’s Not What You Know. It’s What You Do” explores “how while we often think that faith is a core set of beliefs surrounded...
By Chana Pollack, The Forward
• Published October 19, 2021
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Welcome to Ask the Archivist, where Chana Pollack, the Forward’s archivist for...
In a lengthy essay published in the New York Post, we learn that filmmaker David Zucker was recently asked an inane question at an anniversary screening of his 1980 film “Airplane!”
“Could you make ‘Airplane!’ today?” an audience member...
Zach Robart, National Library of Israel
• Published October 16, 2021
Fourteen letters penned in the 1940s by the legendary rabbi known as the 'Hazon Ish' have been donated to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem by the family of their recipient, Rabbi Zvi Yehuda, one of the rabbi's students.
The Hazon Ish (Rabbi...
In honor of Halloween, we retell the controversial tale of the Witch of Endor, featuring Saul, the handsome but historically inept first king of Israel.
The language in the Torah is pretty clear about the crimes of sorcery and witchcraft, and that...
(October 13, 2021 / JNS) Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen said on Tuesday that Iran’s position is weaker than it has been in the past.
“I think that Iran, to this day, is not even close to acquiring a nuclear weapon. … This is due to longstanding...
