Curt Schleier Archives - St. Louis Jewish Light

Amid antisemitism concerns, 101 local Jewish federations to spend $54M on improving security

JTA
Published October 4, 2021

Is Alicia Silvestone Jewish?

JTA
Published October 3, 2021

The remarkable true story of the Great Knish War of 1916

Jordan Palmer and JTA
Published October 3, 2021

Ed Asner, who starred as Lou Grant, dies at 91

JTA
Published August 29, 2021

GOP congressman compares COVID measures to Holocaust, prompting an intern’s resignation

JTA
Published August 27, 2021

18 Orthodox Jewish girls pulled off New York-bound flight in Amsterdam in dispute over COVID protocols

jta
Published August 8, 2021

Hezbollah fires 19 rockets at Israel in worst fighting since 2006 war

JTA
Published August 6, 2021

Incendiary balloons from Gaza prompt new Israeli airstrikes

JTA
Published June 16, 2021

Haim sisters to soundtrack animated Netflix film

Curt Schleier
Published February 5, 2021

HBO Max’s next Israeli show: ‘Possessions,’ a thriller about a French woman caught in a murder case

Curt Schleier
Published January 24, 2021

The formerly Orthodox character on ‘The Good Doctor’ is inspired by the creator’s family

Curt Schleier
Published December 30, 2020

‘Homeland’ creators are adapting Nathan Englander’s ‘Dinner at the Center of the Earth’ into a TV series

Curt Schleier
Published December 1, 2020

HBO adapts ‘Oslo,’ Tony Award-winning play about peace accords, into original film

Curt Schleier
Published November 12, 2020

6 Jewish-themed films to watch through this year’s online DOC NYC festival

Curt Schleier
Published November 5, 2020

HBO Max to air Yom Kippur War drama ‘Valley of Tears,’ Israel’s biggest-budget TV series ever

Curt Schleier
Published October 14, 2020

Bette Midler shines as an angry Jew in HBO’s ‘Coastal Elites’

Curt Schleier
Published September 11, 2020

Pride rallies held across Israel in lieu of annual parades due to coronavirus

JTA
Published July 2, 2020

Ohio’s Health Dept. director resigns after backlash over stay-at-home orders

JTA
Published June 18, 2020

Protesters shout ‘dirty Jews’ at Paris rally against police racism

JTA
Published June 18, 2020

Famed Israeli wildlife photographer Amos Nachoum gets a thrilling documentary about his career — and his quest to get close to a polar bear

Curt Schleier
Published June 15, 2020

The coronavirus didn’t just upend Broadway — it put indie projects in limbo

Curt Schleier
Published May 27, 2020

Jerry Stiller was a mensch. He could act with the best of them, too.

Curt Schleier
Published May 11, 2020

The musician Shulem on being the first artist raised Hasidic to sign with a major record label

Curt Schleier
Published April 23, 2020

David Simon didn’t like ‘The Plot Against America’ when he first read it. Trump’s election changed his mind.

Curt Schleier
Published March 16, 2020

‘One Jewish Boy,’ an English play about a mixed-race interfaith couple, sold out shows — and ignited a storm of anti-Semitism

Curt Schleier
Published March 10, 2020

Ben Schwartz is the voice of ‘Sonic: The Hedgehog’ and is friends with Billy Crystal. He’s still worried about fitting into Hollywood.

Curt Schleier
Published February 24, 2020

Hanukkah photography exhibit offers a window into Hasidic Jewish life

Curt Schleier
Published December 20, 2019

Clive Owen plays a Hasidic violin virtuoso in new film ‘The Song of Names’

Curt Schleier
Published December 17, 2019

Mel Brooks gets serious in HBO special — but there’s plenty of shtick, too

Curt Schleier
Published December 16, 2019

Michael Chabon adapting ‘Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay’ for Showtime miniseries

Curt Schleier
Published December 10, 2019

The king of farce’s new play is inspired by his parents’ love letters

Curt Schleier
Published November 29, 2019

Netflix to air miniseries on the trial of Nazi guard nicknamed ‘Ivan the Terrible’

Curt Schleier
Published October 25, 2019

Documentary shows how ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ made it to the stage

Curt Schleier
Published August 16, 2019

Julian Edelman gets his own Showtime documentary

Curt Schleier
Published June 27, 2019

Smithsonian channel documentary explores ‘Adolf Island,’ a British isle that housed concentration camps

Curt Schleier
Published June 18, 2019

When young Israelis move to Germany or Austria, it’s a hard pill for their families to swallow

Curt Schleier
Published June 12, 2019

Documentary on Dr. Ruth delves into the sex therapist’s Holocaust past

Curt Schleier
Published May 16, 2019

Discovery Channel and PBS to air Holocaust documentaries for Yom Hashoah

Curt Schleier
Published April 25, 2019

The deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire inspires a contemporary composer

Curt Schleier
Published January 24, 2019

Steven Spielberg warns: Genocide as possible today as it was during Holocaust

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

Israeli special ops force was in Gaza for two months before its firefight with Hamas, report says

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

Brazil arrests Israeli head of international drug smuggling network

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

EU Council approves declaration on fight against anti-Semitism

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

OSU student government votes down Israel boycott and divestment resolution

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

Arrest made in attack on Hasidic man in Brooklyn

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

Super soccer star Messi joins Beitar Jerusalem team fans club

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

Israel’s chief rabbi lights Hanukkah candles in Polish parliament

JTA
Published December 6, 2018

Princeton is naming a residential college after Ronald and Debra Perelman

JTA
Published December 5, 2018

‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ season 2 debuts on Amazon to glowing reviews

JTA
Published December 5, 2018

Saudi dissident sues Israeli cyber tech company in death of Jamal Khashoggi

JTA
Published December 5, 2018

Einstein’s ‘God Letter’ sells at auction for nearly $3 million

JTA
Published December 5, 2018

New Hampshire town rejects menorah display. Christmas tree could be next.

JTA
Published December 5, 2018

Portugal sets aside a day to remember Inquisition victims

JTA
Published December 5, 2018

Netanyahu rejected in bid to have donors pay his legal fees

JTA
Published December 5, 2018

Netanyahu calls violence against women ‘terrorism’ following a rally by 30,000 in Tel Aviv

JTA
Published December 5, 2018

OU’s exec named to NY State Attorney General-elect’s transition team

JTA
Published December 5, 2018

Portugal government committee approves Memorial Day for the Victims of the Inquisition

JTA
Published December 5, 2018

Holocaust survivors mark Hanukkah at events around the world

JTA
Published December 5, 2018

Israeli technology effectively prevents attacks during G20

JTA
Published December 5, 2018

Hanukkah menorah is toppled near Harvard campus

JTA
Published December 4, 2018

Hezbollah tunnels are ‘concrete threat’ to Israel’s Galilee region, Netanyahu says

JTA
Published December 4, 2018

Evidence of Rohingya genocide is ‘compelling,’ US Holocaust Museum says

JTA
Published December 4, 2018

Kosher ban is okay with Jewish supporters of Germany’s far right party

JTA
Published December 4, 2018

3 large swastikas spray-painted in Brooklyn neighborhood

JTA
Published December 4, 2018

101 Jewish and pro-Israel groups ask universities to oppose Israel boycotts

JTA
Published December 4, 2018

Rashida Tlaib, newly elected Congresswoman, says she will lead a lawmakers’ trip to West Bank

JTA
Published December 4, 2018

Hezbollah and Iran discussed at meeting between Netanyahu and Pompeo

JTA
Published December 4, 2018

Israel launches operation to destroy Hezbollah tunnels on northern border

JTA
Published December 4, 2018

Saudi Arabia loses world chess tournament for refusing visas to Israeli players

JTA
Published December 3, 2018

Thousands of Israeli women to strike in protest of violence against women

JTA
Published December 3, 2018

ID system for asylum seekers in Mexico recalls Holocaust tattoos

JTA
Published December 3, 2018

Condemn anti-Semitic image on pro-government magazine cover, Lauder tells Orban

JTA
Published December 3, 2018

Mental status of driver who tried to run down 2 Jews outside LA synagogue questioned

JTA
Published December 3, 2018

Synagogue in Basel, Switzerland vandalized

JTA
Published December 3, 2018

Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony held outside Tree of Life synagogue building

JTA
Published December 3, 2018