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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

Film portrays Jewish love for America’s favorite pasttime

By Burton A. Boxerman, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 1, 2011

Did you know that Lipman Pike was the first Jew to play professional baseball, or that Barney Pelty (the Yiddish Curver) was the first Jew to have his picture on a baseball card, or that Mose Solomon was nicknamed the "Rabbi of Swat?" Information such...

Woody Allen’s latest benefits from terrific cast

by Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished October 13, 2010

At the rate of about one a year for the past five decades, Woody Allen is such a prolific filmmaker that critiquing his latest is practically an annual rite among film buffs, regardless of whether they are fan or foe. Not funny enough, self-conscious...

‘Imagine This’ weaves together stories of Jewish Resistance

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished August 4, 2010

"Imagine This" is an original musical that juxtaposes the story of Jewish Resistance in the notorious Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust with the story of the Jewish Zealots at Masada in Israel 2,000 years earlier. The Zealots held off an entire Roman...

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