By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 31, 2019
Mel Brooks has said, at various times and in various ways, the best way to get back at Hitler is to ridicule him, and Brooks certainly did exactly that in his comedy “The Producers.” Now New Zealand-born director/writer/comedian Taika Waititi takes...
Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published October 31, 2019
The first time that The New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff spoke with Robin Williams, he was surprised not by the iconic performer’s various accents but with how “his voice was so serene and quiet,” Itzkoff recalled.
And while Williams...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 31, 2019
Simply stated, Yousef Bashir’s memoir “The Words of My Father: Love and Pain in Palestine” is worth reading because the attitude of this Palestinian from an old, established Gaza family is not what we might expect, given his experiences during...
By Nate Bloom, Special to The Jewish Light
• Published October 24, 2019
At the movies “The Current War: Director’s Cut” is about the corporate battle that pitted Thomas Edison (1847-1931) against George Westinghouse (1846-1914) and Westinghouse associate Nikolai Tesla (Nicholas Hoult). After inventing the first commercially...
The Marcus Foundation has awarded a $3.2 million grant to Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) for supporting mental health across the spectrum of Jewish camps in North America. Funding will be awarded to approximately 60 camps over four years in an effort...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 17, 2019
As a well-respected physician, innovative medical school professor and award-winning researcher in the mechanisms of insulin secretion, Stanley Misler has had quite a career in the sciences. But since a 2015 retirement from his work as a nephrologist...
Center for Israel Education
• Published January 24, 2019
Jan. 24, 1964: Syrian police arrest Eli CohenSyrian police arrest businessman Kamel Amin Tha’abet at his Damascus home and charge him with espionage. Tha’abet is actually Mossad agent Eli Cohen, who speaks Arabic with an authentic Syrian accent after...
BY CATE MARQUIS, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published January 24, 2019
Who Will Write Our History - Teaser from Katahdin Productions on Vimeo.“Who Will Write Our History” is the question that plagued Jewish-Polish historian Emanuel Ringelblum as the Nazis were sealing up Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto. Ringelblum worried...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 27, 2018
There was a time when people with dietary restrictions had a hard time eating out at restaurants or enjoying a meal at a friend’s home. That has changed. Today, many restaurants offer alternative menu items to satisfy different dietary preferences and...
By Nancy Kranzberg, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 2, 2018
When thinking of going to a museum to view art masterpieces and other high quality visual works of art, one might think of the St. Louis Art Museum or even the Missouri History Museum.We often forget the free and open to the public university museums...
BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR
• Published August 2, 2018
The Gesher Music Festival will return Aug. 10-19 for its eighth season of bringing professional musicians to St. Louis to perform chamber music with a “Jewish twist” or inflection.In addition to a free family concert at the Ferguson Library at 2...
By Nate Bloom, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 2, 2018
At the Movies: Opens Aug. 3“The Spy Who Dumped Me” is an action/thriller and a comedy. Audrey (MILA KUNIS, 34) and Morgan (Kate McKinnon), are best friends and roommates. Audrey has a bad break-up with her boyfriend (Justin Theroux) and then he completely...
