JEN BAER, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 23, 2022
This time of year brings basketball fever. That’s when the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournament occurs.
Each year around this time, people start filling out brackets and entering pools…Not the kind you swim in, but the ones where you...
ELLEN FUTTERMAN, Editor-in-Chief
• Published February 23, 2022
They say necessity is the mother of invention. Boy, was that ever the case for St. Louis native Sarah Hirsch Maddali.
After she and her husband had two children, now ages 3 and 6, Maddali grew frustrated that she couldn’t find age-appropriate...
BILL MOTCHAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 20, 2022
Dean Robbins fondly remembers growing up in St. Louis and playing softball at the Jewish Community Center. When he was rounding the bases, “I was thinking about Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Lou Brock and all the great Cardinal stars in the late ’60s.”
He...
JEN BAER, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 10, 2021
Saying the word “snow” in my house is akin to other four-letter words that are less-than-polite. With the days getting shorter and darker, I like to subject my kids to listening to my off-key rendition of Debbie Boone’s hit from the 70’s, “You...
With the first night of Hanukkah roughly a month away (Hanukkah starts the night of Nov. 28 this year), shoppers are sure to be in the thick of present buying. Why not make things a little easier on them and suggest a great book (or four)? These titles...
BOSTON — Challah-eating Australian kangaroos, an adventurous cartoon retelling of the biblical story of Jonah and the welcome second-in-a-series chapter book about a young girl with a magical sense of smell are among the highlights of this year’s...
JENNIFER BAER, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 21, 2021
Does your kid love to sing, draw or play an instrument? Inspire your budding artist or musician with PJ Library stories featuring poets, painters and creators.
JENNIFER BAER, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 7, 2021
Apparently, I’m developing some skills that just can’t be reflected on a résumé, such as my near perfect ability to embarrass my kids. While I know that they don’t need me to hold their hands anymore when we cross the street, something in me...
One of the most influential Torah scholars of the Middle Ages, Maimonides (also referred to by the acronym Rambam), instructs us that "the soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body." A friend once told me that we are only as happy as...
“Passover Is Coming!”
By: Tracy Newman and illustrated by Viviana Garofoli
Ages: 6 Months to 2 Years
Synopsis: The house is very clean...matzah ball soup is bubbling on the stove...and a seder plate is on the table! Can you guess...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published December 30, 2020
If there ever was any doubt about the lasting impact a teacher can have on a student’s life, meet John R. Green. Today, the 53-year-old native St. Louisan is a 25-year veteran of ABC News in New York, where he currently serves as executive producer...
Penny Schwartz, JTA
• Published September 13, 2019
A Rosh Hashanah apple cake bake-off fit for reality television and another installment in the Scarlet and Sam series from the award-winning author Eric A. Kimmel are among the highlights in the crop of new High Holiday books for children.Six engaging...
