By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published July 4, 2012
Of the many things I admired about the late Nora Ephron, it was her candor, even if it meant some people were not going to like her (though it seemed most everyone did). Ephron wrote a lot about what she liked and what she didn’t like, sometimes about...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published June 27, 2012
It was not the St. Louis heat wave, but the hot, hot, hot production of “Chicago” that brought The Muny stage to the boiling point on the mercifully cool opening night. This is the Muny’s premiere production of “Chicago,” the wildly popular...
NEW YORK -- Gilad Shalit met New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg at City Hall for a brief ceremony on the sixth anniversary of the day Shalit was captured by Hamas. During Tuesday's ceremony, which also featured City Council Speaker Christine Quinn,...
NEW YORK -- It was an ancient sentence -- a fragment, really -- that changed everything for Alexis Kashar. An attorney specializing in special education and disability rights, she has successfully argued high-profile litigations, including one against...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published June 13, 2012
Maybe you know her as Elphaba in the original Broadway cast of “Wicked,” perhaps you saw her as Maureen in the original Broadway cast of “Rent” (or the movie version) or possibly you caught her appearances on television’s “Glee.” Regardless...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published May 23, 2012
A partnership between the Technion, often called “Israel’s MIT,” and Cornell University, will result in a new, multi-billion dollar academic campus located on Roosevelt Island, N.Y. slated to break ground in 2015, according to a top Technion official...
As soon as I entered I was met by the dog. Then we sat down in the small living room and had tea. I can’t remember the dog’s name, but it was a large shepherd with huge expressive eyes. He sat by us every moment, like an esteemed visitor from the...
The Jewish Community Relations Council’s Norman A. Stack Community Relations Award will be presented to Timothy O’Leary, General Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, at its upcoming annual meeting in Clayton. The event takes place at 11:45 a.m....
Defending their national title, the St. Louis Hillel championship men’s basketball team lost in the quarterfinal round of play in a close game against Yeshiva University. The Second Annual National Hillel Basketball Tournament was held April 21-22 in...
TEANECK, N.J. — As the minutes on the clock tick away, the chefs run about their kitchens furiously trying to complete their Taj Mahal-themed desserts. “What have I got for you now?” booms the thickly accented master pastry chef Ron Ben-Israel as...
NEW YORK – Supporters say he’s an innocent man caught up in the tentacles of a corrupt Latin American regime. Authorities in Bolivia, however, allege that he’s a shady businessman with ties to drug dealers and money launderers. What's certain is...
MICHELE ALPERIN, JOINTMEDIA NEWS SERVICE
• Published May 9, 2012
Rabbi Sally Priesand, America’s first seminary-ordained female rabbi, decided at age 16 to pursue her calling. “I always wanted to be a teacher of whatever was my favorite subject,” she tells JointMedia News Service. “In the end, I decided to...
