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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
2024 Unsung Heroes Event
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Arthur Frommer on a trip to Berlin in the 1950s. (Courtesy Frommers.com)
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Howard Lutnick speaks at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, Jul. 27, 2024. (Johnnie Izquierdo/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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The Jewish Light honors 11 ‘Unsung Heroes’
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Marian Steen’s art showcased at Lambert Airport
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World news
Arthur Frommer on a trip to Berlin in the 1950s. (Courtesy Frommers.com)
Arthur Frommer, ‘wandering Jew’ who launched a travel guide empire, dies at 95
Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the Israeli border with Lebanon, Oct. 1, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
Progressive Jewish groups back Senate resolutions against arms sales to Israel
Howard Lutnick speaks at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, Jul. 27, 2024. (Johnnie Izquierdo/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Trump taps Jewish financier Howard Lutnick as commerce secretary
Karen Paikin Barall is vice president for government relations at Jewish Federations of North America. (Courtesy JFNA)
In a federation official’s remark about resettling Gaza, signs of tension among Jewish groups in the new Trump era
2024 Unsung Heroes Event

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On the left: Two video screen grabs from Ohio. A group of neo-Nazis marched through downtown Columbus, Ohio, waving swastika flags and displaying antisemitic language, Nov. 16, 2024. (Screenshot via CBS News) On the right, image taken Oct. 5 in Town & Country, Mo.

St. Louis white supremacist group tied to hate-fueled rally in Ohio

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Obituaries
Arts + Culture
What to know before you see 'First Date' at the New Jewish Theatre
What to know before you see ‘First Date’ at the New Jewish Theatre
“Cigar” (1969) by Philip Guston, on view at The Jewish Museum, features the Ku Klux Klan figure found in several of his paintings from the period. (JTA)
A Black artist and a Jewish artist mock the KKK in a new Jewish Museum show
Companies like Nooish (left) and Manischewitz (right) are offering products that allow customers to make instant matzah ball soup with just one added ingredient: hot water. (Courtesy)
Just add hot water? Matzah balls get a glow-up for the harried home cook.
St. Louis International Film Festival features premiere of “Before You” and women’s health panel
St. Louis International Film Festival features premiere of “Before You” and women’s health panel
Celebrations
60 years of love for Harriet and Byron
60 years of love for Harriet and Byron
A Double Mazel: Sylvia and Willy toast 70 years of marriage and Willy's 96th birthday
A Double Mazel: Sylvia and Willy toast 70 years of marriage and Willy’s 96th birthday
From Siberia to St. Louis! Yefim and Tamara Polevoy celebrate 65 years of marriage
From Siberia to St. Louis! Yefim and Tamara Polevoy celebrate 65 years of marriage
Ilana Taxman and Richard Wernick
Ilana Taxman and Richard Wernick announce their engagement: Wedding planned for October 2024 in St. Louis

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Jewish Food + Recipes
Companies like Nooish (left) and Manischewitz (right) are offering products that allow customers to make instant matzah ball soup with just one added ingredient: hot water. (Courtesy)
Learn to bake cappuccino challah with an espresso crumble
Joan Nathan's 12th cookbook, "My Life in Recipes," takes readers through her family story.
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