Jackson Arn, The Forward
• Published April 13, 2022
Sometimes you revisit the humor of the past and come away gasping for oxygen. Evelyn Waugh? Dawn Powell? “Bringing Up Baby?” “Ninotchka?” “His Girl Friday?” Society has come a long way in the last couple of decades, but when I think of...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published August 30, 2018
A Legacy of Honor and Courage…Sen. John McCain knew he was dying of an aggressive form of brain cancer when he published his affecting memoir “The Restless Wave.” With characteristic McCain modesty, he said he was grateful to have been “a bit...
(JTA) — Playwright Neil Simon, known for such Broadway hits as “The Odd Couple,” “Barefoot in the Park,” and “Lost in Yonkers,” has died.Simon, who earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award, died overnight Saturday at New York-Presbyterian...
COLLEGE BOUND’S CAP AND GOWN BALL on Saturday, June 9 celebrates an outstanding accomplishment. Six years ago, 36 students enrolled for a better future in College Bound, a new St. Louis based non-profit that empowers local at-risk high school students...
The New Jewish Theatre has announced its 2012-2013 lineup, featuring five plays — including dramas by Neil Simon and David Mamet and a play based on a novel by Israeli writer Yonatan Ben Nachum.The NJT, which recently won six Kevin Kline Awards for...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published March 21, 2012
In the “Sayings of the Sages,” it is said, “There are three crowns: the crown of learning, the crown of priesthood and the crown of royalty; but greater than any of these is the crown of a good name” (Tractate 4:13). The New Jewish Theatre’s...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 21, 2011
In the Great Depression, Clifford Odets wrote "Awake and Sing!," a play about a family's responses to challenges that sound eerily familiar. Kathleen Sitzer, artistic director of the New Jewish Theatre, ticks off those challenges: A broken economy, war...
