By Rafael Madoff, JNS
• Published October 24, 2019
In 1944, Eisenhower deleted references to Jews from an Allied warning about Nazi war crimes.The upcoming 50th anniversary of the passing of Dwight D. Eisenhower has occasioned a number of laudatory essays about the former president and commander of the...
ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published June 2, 2019
June 6, 2023, will mark the 79th anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy invasion that dealt a fatal blow to the evil, genocidal dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, saved Western civilization and arguably the Jews of the entire world.
On June 5, 1944, after...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published April 18, 2018
NJT gets new ADSometimes things just work out. That’s certainly the case with Edward Coffield recently being named Artistic Director of the New Jewish Theatre. He will replace Kathleen Sitzer, who is retiring in July after 22 years with NJT, and neither...
The Missouri Humanities Council has awarded a grant of $2,500 to the Jewish Federation of St. Louis in support of an upcoming exhibit, “Untold Sacrifices: The St. Louis Jewish Community in the Great War.” The exhibit will open in Fall 2017, honoring...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published October 5, 2016
Robert J. Lipsitz, a pioneer aviator and a camera business executive who filmed numerous key battles during World War II, died Thursday, Sept. 29 at his Chesterfield home, surrounded by family. He was 98 and had been in declining health in recent months....
By Elaine K. Alexander, Special to the Light
• Published August 12, 2010
Alan Furst's dream of a feature-length, movie adaptation of one of his novels has yet to be fulfilled. But his espionage novels set in Europe during World War II, are appreciated by critics and have shown up on New York Times bestseller lists. His most...
