I’m a strong believer that timing matters. I remember once reading an essay about falling in love in which the writer — I’m pretty sure it was Anna Quindlen — remarked that it wasn’t a matter of finding Mr. Right, but rather Mr. Right Time....
I’m labeling this item a “shameless plug.” But the truth is I need friendly faces in the audience, so please read on.
Next up at the New Jewish Theatre, from June 1-18, is the play “Gloria: A Life,” which explores the legacy of feminist icon...
Third graders at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School flexed their activist muscles and marched along Ladue Road earlier this week for changes in the world they want to see: among them, caring for the earth and its oceans, LGBTQ+ rights, fighting racism...
Next up at the New Jewish Theatre, from June 1-18, is the play “Gloria: A Life,” which explores the legacy of feminist icon Gloria Steinem. Written by Emily Mann, with guidance and participation from Steinem herself, this seven-character play is said...
Like a lot of Jewish girls who came of age in the late 1960s and ’70s, I wanted nothing to do with my naturally curly/wavy/frizzy hair, so I ironed it to make it flat or straight. When at age 14, my mother saw what I was up to, she freaked and hid the...
Mother’s Day, or thereabouts, seemed like the perfect time to check in with Nikki Freyman and Kati Kaup to find out how both women and their families are doing.
Readers met best friends Nikki and Kati right before Mother’s Day 2021, when Nikki, a...
Here are just a few things they’re going to miss when they return home to Israel in August: Chipotle’s, Trader Joe’s, sale shopping and all of St. Louis’ professional sports teams.
“There’s no hockey in Israel,” said Guy Dobrin, 19, laughing...
A Shinshin is an Israeli emissary, usually 18 or 19 years old, who defers their army service for a year to volunteer in Jewish communities abroad to help educate people there about Israel and Israeli culture. They teach at various local Jewish organizations,...
A Shinshin is an Israeli emissary, usually 18 or 19 years old, who defers their army service for a year to volunteer in Jewish communities abroad to help educate people there about Israel and Israeli culture. They teach at various local Jewish organizations,...
Growing up in the suburbs of New York City in the 1960s and ’70s, Jewish delicatessens were as plentiful as corner bars in south St. Louis — they were pretty much everywhere.
And while the number of these delis (and corner bars, for that matter)...
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 when she was somewhat younger – 105, not long...
At 5 years old, Rachel Weinhaus was sexually assaulted by a teenage neighborhood boy in the woods near her Creve Coeur home. She told no one, not even her mother.
In 2019, Weinhaus learned she was part of a $215 million class-action settlement with...
