Emily Burack Archives - St. Louis Jewish Light

18 things to know about the standout Jewish actress in “Ozark”

Emily Burack, Alma.com
Published May 3, 2022

Off-Broadway show about a Syrian immigrant will open without the Jewish actor who plays him

Emily Burack
Published October 20, 2021

How Meir Kahane’s ideas entered the Jewish mainstream

Emily Burack
Published October 11, 2021

‘Ted Lasso’ goalkeeper Moe Jeudy-Lamour is a citizen of the world

Emily Burack
Published September 20, 2021

Memoirist Qian Julie Wang finally found a home with her fellow Jews of Color

Emily Burack
Published September 8, 2021

At the US Open, Diego Schwartzman wins during a flood storm — then meets his fan Ben Stiller

Emily Burack
Published September 2, 2021

Israeli swimmer Mark Malyar wins a second gold and sets another world record at Tokyo Paralympics

Emily Burack
Published August 30, 2021

In upset, 20-year-old American Jewish athlete Ian Seidenfeld wins Paralympic table tennis gold

Emily Burack
Published August 30, 2021

Israeli Paralympic swimmer Mark Malyar wins gold medal and sets a new world record

Emily Burack, JTA
Published August 27, 2021

Ezra Frech, Moran Samuel, Shraga Weinberg and more: 10 Jewish Paralympics athletes to watch

Emily Burack
Published August 24, 2021

Is USA rugby player and TikTok star Ilona Maher Jewish?

Emily Burack
Published July 30, 2021

These Jewish athletes have won medals at the Tokyo Olympics

Emily Burack
Published July 30, 2021

In 3rd Olympics outing, Australian Jewish paddler Jessica Fox wins gold in canoe slalom

Emily Burack
Published July 29, 2021

Is Tokyo Olympics gold-medal swimmer Lydia Jacoby Jewish?

Emily Burack
Published July 28, 2021

Australian Jewish kayaker Jessica Fox wins bronze — again — at Tokyo Olympics

Emily Burack
Published July 27, 2021

Jewish vaulter Lilia Akhaimova helps Russia to gymnastics gold medal in Tokyo

Emily Burack
Published July 27, 2021

3 Jewish fencers fail to medal in individual events at Tokyo Olympics

Emily Burack
Published July 26, 2021

A teenage Jewish superhero is coming this fall

Emily Burack, HEY ALMA
Published July 21, 2021

Timothée Chalamet set to play anti-Semite Roald Dahl’s most famous character

EMILY BURACK
Published May 25, 2021

European soccer’s Super League is over — and fans can thank Chelsea’s Jewish owner

Emily Burack
Published April 23, 2021

Deni Avdija’s rookie season ends early with ankle injury

Emily Burack
Published April 22, 2021

Tovah Feldshuh Gets Deep About Jewish Motherhood

Emily Burack
Published April 12, 2021

From ‘Mank’ to an Israeli short film, 5 notable Jewish nominees for 2021 Oscars

Emily Burack
Published March 15, 2021

The Jewish highlights of the 2021 Grammys: Breakout performance but no win for Jewish sister act Haim

Emily Burack
Published March 15, 2021

Menachem Kaiser thought he knew his family’s Holocaust history. Then he met Nazi treasure hunters.

Emily Burack
Published March 12, 2021

Russian-Israeli tennis player Aslan Karatsev makes history at the Australian Open

Emily Burack
Published February 16, 2021

2021 Golden Globes: All the Jewish nominees, from ‘Mank’ to ‘Borat’ to ‘Unorthodox’

Emily Burack
Published February 3, 2021

2021 Grammy Awards: All the Jewish nominees, from Haim to an orchestral ‘Diary of Anne Frank’ adaptation

Emily Burack
Published November 24, 2020

Anti-Semitism, white supremacy and swords: Talia Lavin dives into the most hateful corners of the internet

Emily Burack
Published October 14, 2020

‘Schitt’s Creek’ sweeps the 2020 Emmys and makes history

Emily Burack
Published September 21, 2020

Diego Schwartzman beats Nadal and Shapovalov to advance to Italian Open finals

Emily Burack
Published September 20, 2020

FBI Twitter account tweets link to files on ‘Protocols of Elders of Zion,’ sparking anger and confusion

Emily Burack
Published August 19, 2020

‘Unorthodox,’ ‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Maisel’ and more: Here are all the notable Jewish Emmy nominations for 2020

Emily Burack
Published July 28, 2020

Natalie Portman is ‘all in’ as an owner of new LA women’s soccer team

Emily Burack
Published July 21, 2020

Israeli musician DOV is telling queer stories through gentle electronica

Emily Burack
Published May 6, 2020

Taylor Swift calls out Soros family for ‘shameless greed’ in Instagram beef with record company

Emily Burack
Published April 24, 2020

‘What We Do in the Shadows’ is the best show you’re not watching

Emily Burack
Published April 17, 2020

Jewish NFL star Mitch Schwartz embraces his inner chef during coronavirus quarantine

Emily Burack
Published April 9, 2020

A rediscovered Holocaust memoir from 1945 tells an extraordinary story

Emily Burack
Published February 19, 2020

Orthodox rapper Nissim Black reintroduces himself to the world

Emily Burack
Published February 19, 2020

Taika Waititi’s big win & 5 other Jewish moments from the 2020 Oscars

Emily Burack
Published February 10, 2020

Native American Jewish justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis tells us how she made history

Emily Burack
Published February 5, 2020

Diego Schwartzman and the outsized power of Jewish representation in sports

Emily Burack
Published January 29, 2020

The minds behind ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ on how they aim to represent Jews on screen

Emily Burack
Published January 8, 2020

Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of ‘Prozac Nation,’ dies of breast cancer at age 52

Emily Burack
Published January 7, 2020

Tony Shalhoub grew up in a Lebanese family in Wisconsin. He draws on that to play his Jewish ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ character.

Emily Burack
Published December 4, 2019

Anne Frank’s childhood friend tells the story of the German official who saved her family

Emily Burack
Published November 27, 2019

Are the Jewish mobsters referenced in ‘The Irishman’ real?

Emily Burack
Published November 27, 2019

Tiffany Haddish opens up about her Jewish identity and upcoming bat mitzvah

Emily Burack
Published November 26, 2019

Mimi Lemay wants you to understand the reality of raising a trans son

Emily Burack
Published November 20, 2019

‘Stage Fright’ is an intimate, extremely Jewish portrait of Jenny Slate

Emily Burack
Published October 30, 2019

‘Jojo Rabbit’ doesn’t glorify Nazis — it’s a lesson in how hate is taught

Emily Burack
Published October 18, 2019

Jodi Kantor on what’s changed since her Weinstein story unleashed a wave of #MeToo

Emily Burack
Published October 10, 2019

4 Jewish writers on the power of women’s anger in ‘Burn It Down’

Emily Burack
Published October 10, 2019

‘Wonder’ author R.J. Palacio tells us why her new book is a Holocaust story

Emily Burack
Published October 2, 2019

All the Jewish moments from the 2019 Emmys

Emily Burack
Published September 23, 2019

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on why she did not retire during Obama’s term

Emily Burack
Published September 19, 2019

Josh Gondelman is the nicest guy in comedy

Emily Burack
Published September 16, 2019

Howard Jacobson on his new novel, British anti-Semitism and calling himself the ‘Jewish Jane Austen’

Emily Burack
Published September 12, 2019

Argentine-Jewish tennis player Diego Schwartzman makes it to 3rd round of US Open

Emily Burack
Published August 30, 2019

Chris Evans is an Israeli Mossad agent in film coming to Netflix this month

Emily Burack
Published July 17, 2019

Sue Bird bashes Trump in an essay defending her girlfriend Megan Rapinoe

Emily Burack
Published July 2, 2019

7 Jewish fun facts about the 2019 Women’s World Cup

Emily Burack
Published June 6, 2019

One of Telemundo’s most famous soccer announcers is a proud Peruvian Jew

Emily Burack
Published May 16, 2019

Why hasn’t Mel Gibson been cast out in Hollywood?

Emily Burack
Published May 15, 2019

The 50 best Jewish pop culture moments of 2018

Emily Burack
Published December 18, 2018

Ivanka Trump and other prominent Jews send messages of solidarity after Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

Emily Burack
Published October 27, 2018

World Cup 2018: 7 Jewish stories to watch

Emily Burack
Published June 12, 2018

How Never Again evolved from a Holocaust slogan to a universal call for [fill in the blank]

Emily Burack
Published March 8, 2018