Emily Burack Archives - St. Louis Jewish Light

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

Published May 3, 2022

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

Published October 20, 2021

How Meir Kahane’s ideas entered the Jewish mainstream

Published October 11, 2021

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

Published September 20, 2021

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

Published September 8, 2021

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

Published September 2, 2021

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

Published August 30, 2021

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

Published August 30, 2021

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

Published August 27, 2021

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

Published August 24, 2021

Is USA rugby player and TikTok star Ilona Maher Jewish?

Published July 30, 2021

These Jewish athletes have won medals at the Tokyo Olympics

Published July 30, 2021

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

Published July 29, 2021

Is Tokyo Olympics gold-medal swimmer Lydia Jacoby Jewish?

Published July 28, 2021

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

Published July 27, 2021

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

Published July 27, 2021

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

Published July 26, 2021

A teenage Jewish superhero is coming this fall

Published July 21, 2021

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

Published May 25, 2021

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

Published April 23, 2021

Deni Avdija’s rookie season ends early with ankle injury

Published April 22, 2021

Tovah Feldshuh Gets Deep About Jewish Motherhood

Published April 12, 2021

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

Published March 15, 2021

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

Published March 15, 2021

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

Published March 12, 2021

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

Published February 16, 2021

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

Published February 3, 2021

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

Published November 24, 2020

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

Published October 14, 2020

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

Published September 21, 2020

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

Published September 20, 2020

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

Published August 19, 2020

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

Published July 28, 2020

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

Published July 21, 2020

Israeli musician DOV is telling queer stories through gentle electronica

Published May 6, 2020

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

Published April 24, 2020

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

Published April 17, 2020

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

Published April 9, 2020

A rediscovered Holocaust memoir from 1945 tells an extraordinary story

Published February 19, 2020

Orthodox rapper Nissim Black reintroduces himself to the world

Published February 19, 2020

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

Published February 10, 2020

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

Published February 5, 2020

Diego Schwartzman and the outsized power of Jewish representation in sports

Published January 29, 2020

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

Published January 8, 2020

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

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.

Published December 4, 2019

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

Published November 27, 2019

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

Published November 27, 2019

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

Published November 26, 2019

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

Published November 20, 2019

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

Published October 30, 2019

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

Published October 18, 2019

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

Published October 10, 2019

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

Published October 10, 2019

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

Published October 2, 2019

All the Jewish moments from the 2019 Emmys

Published September 23, 2019

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

Published September 19, 2019

Josh Gondelman is the nicest guy in comedy

Published September 16, 2019

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

Published September 12, 2019

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

Published August 30, 2019

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

Published July 17, 2019

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

Published July 2, 2019

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

Published June 6, 2019

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

Published May 16, 2019

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

Published May 15, 2019

The 50 best Jewish pop culture moments of 2018

Published December 18, 2018

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

Published October 27, 2018

World Cup 2018: 7 Jewish stories to watch

Published June 12, 2018

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

Published March 8, 2018