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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

Nathan Englander takes short story prize

JTA REPORTPublished July 10, 2012

Jewish-American author Nathan Englander won the 2012 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. The award, for his short story collection "What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank," garnered Englander a $30,000 prize. The collection of stories...

Myra Kraft remembered at National Jewish Book Awards

JTAPublished March 15, 2012

NEW YORK -- The owner of the New England Patriots joined writers, literary judges and supporters of the Jewish Book Council for the inaugural presentation of an award named after his widow, Myra Kraft. Fighting through tears, Robert Kraft thanked the...

Ben Stiller to star in HBO series about Jewish family

JTAPublished January 24, 2012

NEW YORK—Ben Stiller reportedly has signed on to direct, produce and star in an HBO original series about a Jewish family called "All Talk." The script is being written by Jonathan Safran Foer and the series, set in Washington, will co-star Alan Alda....

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