Not a moment too soon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pulled the plug on one of most pathetically inept marketing campaigns since New Coke or the Edsel. The ads, according to JTA's Uriel Heilman, were produced by Israel's Ministry of Immigrant...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 7, 2011
Robin Hirsch is an artist in her own right, having earned a bachelor's in fine arts in photography from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1985. When pressed about how she expresses her artistic passion these days, she points to the paintings and multimedia...
By Jacob Kamaras, JointMedia News Service
• Published November 30, 2011
A typical day in the life of Alan Gross entails walking around his room a couple thousand times, push-ups and sit-ups, and reading. He doesn't have access to kosher food, and if he sees something moving on his plate he pushes it away. That's the description...
By David Baugher , Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 30, 2011
As Barry Rosenberg nurses a cup of coffee at a local café, the President and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater St. Louis paints a picture of what many once thought was a typical Jewish home. "Most of our institutions were designed to serve what...
BY GALIT LEV-HARIR, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 30, 2011
For 17-year-old Doron Grossman, transitioning from her kibbutz in Israel to high school in St. Louis wasn't easy. When she arrived here a few months ago, the teen knew very little English and felt somewhat out of place. Then she started attending meetings...
By Susan Fadem, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 23, 2011
With pictures and stories that are often grotesque, hilarious and poignant all at the same time, it's no wonder Maurice Sendak's children's books sometimes accompany students to college. Afterward, these fans frequently cart their books from dwelling...
The news is gloomy these days, for sure, which makes it even harder to look for those morsels that ought comprise our Thanksgiving-season gratitude.Domestically, political types seem more desirous of destroying their opponents than creating governing...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 23, 2011
We've gotten a little jiggy at the Jewish Light this week, talking about Thanksgiving and how it's a favorite holiday for many of us. In today's editorial, the boss calls it a holiday of faith, family and friends. I agree, though I'd add another "f" to...
The most recent report by the United Nations-affiliated International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed the worst fears of Israel and most of the Arab states in the already volatile Middle East: Iran is making continued and substantial progress toward...
By Ben Cohen, JointMedia News Service
• Published November 16, 2011
On Sept. 25, 2009, a grim-faced President Barack Obama stood before the phalanx of journalists covering the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh to share a sensational piece of intelligence. Flanked by the French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, and the then British...
By Diego Melamed, JTA, BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
• Published November 15, 2011
In many ways, Carolina Raquel Duer is a typical middle-class Jewish kid from Buenos Aires. She attended a Jewish day school, spent time working and traveling in Israel and celebrated her bat mitzvah at a Conservative synagogue. But when she stepped into...
Nov. 6-12 is Media Literacy Week, during which we are urged to focus on how we view, process and react to news and information. Groups like the local Gateway Media Literacy Partners (www.gmlpstl.org) promote the importance of critical reading skills...
