By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 1, 2017
In the mid-1940s, before he became Israel’s founding prime minister, David Ben-Gurion realized a fundamental fact about the country that the 1948 War of Independence would create: When it came to weapons, Israel could rely on no country but itself.As...
By Burton Boxerman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 18, 2017
Milton Viorst has dedicated his career to studying the Middle East by writing articles for The New York Times, serving as the Middle East correspondent for The New Yorker and writing six previous books on the region. In his most recent book, “Zionism:...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published September 7, 2016
Arabesque at the ArchIf you happened to be strolling by the Gateway Arch late last month, at sunset Thursday, Aug. 25 or sunrise Friday, Aug. 26, you might have noticed a willowy, 25-year-old dancer in various ballerina poses in front of one of the stainless...
By Jan Garden Castro, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 21, 2016
During the 1930s, few people saw that a global depression, mass migrations and extremist ideologies in Germany and Russia foreshadowed war. “Modern Girls” explores this era along with ways of being Jewish and being “modern” that are relevant today.As...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 18, 2012
Last Sunday, the Roth family of Creve Coeur lost their home and all of their possessions in an early morning fire. Luckily, none of the family-parents Jane and Boaz and daughters Liat, 12; Sela, 8, and Orli, 1-were hurt in the three-alarm blaze that gutted...
On Saturday, Jan. 14, the Jewish Community Center and the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival will host Oscar Andrew Hammerstein, the great grandson of Oscar Hammerstein II and author of "The Hammersteins: A Musical Theatre Family." He will share stories of...
The JCC Used Book Sale has two sales planned for 2012: The first begins Sunday, Feb. 5 and the second in August. In order to prepare for this large community event, additional volunteer markers are needed at the H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy to work on...
