A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A.E. Hotchner

A.E. Hotchner, acclaimed author, friend of Newman and Hemingway, dies at 102

BY ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR IN CHIEF EMERITUSPublished February 20, 2020

A. E. Hotchner, a highly successful biographer of Ernest Hemingway and friend and business partner of Paul Newman, died Saturday, Feb. 15, at his home in Westport, Conn., it was announced by his wife, Virginia Kiser.Mr. Hotchner, who grew up in Depression-era...

Books

This Hanukkah, give a book with a St. Louis connection

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished November 25, 2018

‘Tis that season again, when Jews prepare to celebrate Hanukkah (or is that Chanukah?), the Festival of Dedication. The holiday marks the anniversary of the Maccabean Revolt back in 167 BCE in which Judah Maccabee re-captured and cleansed the Second...

Paul Newman: Mega-star and Mensch

BY ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUSPublished October 8, 2008

Paul Newman, one of the truly towering giants of the silver screen, who embraced being Jewish because he "liked the challenge," and whose portrayal of the dashing Haganah officer Ari Ben Canaan in the movie version of Exodus, helped shape the image of...

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