Gender separation I enjoyed reading about the young ladies who staged a musical for their mothers and other female friends. Norman Pressman (Letter to the editor, Feb. 29) took great umbrage at the teenage thespians. Some might consider his letter vitriolic...
Crown Center for Senior Living, 8350 Delcrest Drive, is sponsoring a speaker series, which features local Jewish congregational leaders. First up is Rabbi Mordecai Miller of Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel on March 14, followed by Hazzan Joanna Selznick Dulkin...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published March 14, 2012
His is not yet a household name, but in the world of Jewish rock music, St. Louisan Seth Williams is making a lot of noise and getting noticed. That’s even more amazing considering much of his work is behind the scenes in radio. For starters, Williams...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published March 14, 2012
Bigger. Better. Bolder. That’s the concept behind the second annual Festival of Jewish Life, set for March 18-25. The eight-day event will celebrate numerous aspects of Jewish life, among them music, movies, the arts and spirituality. The festival opens...
JERUSALEM -- Despite a cease-fire that has held for about a day, Israel's military struck two sites in Gaza. Israel's Air Force fired on what it called two "terrorist activity sites" in northern Gaza early Wednesday morning, some 24-hours after the...
A Goldman Sachs executive is resigning, writing in a New York Times Op-Ed that he was more proud of winning a medal in the Maccabiah Games than his work at the firm. Greg Smith called the environment at the embattled investment banking and securities...
JERUSALEM -- Israeli artists and academics have called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to prevent the deportation of refugees who came from South Sudan. The 400 writers, authors and musicians sent a petition to the prime minister Tuesday asking him...
JERUSALEM -- The parents of American activist Tristan Anderson, who was injured during a West Bank protest, have asked Israel's Supreme Court to reopen the case against Israeli border police. Anderson's parents on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to...
JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reiterating his policy of responding to Gaza violence, said that Israel "will find" whoever breaks the calm. "Our message is clear: Quiet will bring quiet. Whoever violates it or even tries to violate it...
JERUSALEM -- Israel's Olympic Committee reversed its decision to use a commercial symbol as its official Games mascot. The committee had selected the Bamba baby, a cartoon toddler with a red tuft of hair and a blue diaper, as Israel's official mascot...
JERUSALEM -- Israel's Public Utility Authority has granted a license for the country's largest solar energy field to go online. The provisional license was granted Monday to the Arava Power Company for the field at Kibbutz Ketura, located about 16 miles...
JERUSALEM -- At least seven rockets and mortar shells fired from Gaza exploded in Israel after reports of an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire. Egypt announced that a cease-fire between terrorist groups in Egypt and Israel came into effect at 1 a.m. Tuesday....
