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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
Beer, biltong and brisket: new Shabbat socials hit Chesterfield
Harriet Turner
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Banners hanging from the fence outside Northwestern University during a pro-Palestinian protest, Evanston, Illinois, April 27, 2024. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Mirowitz Jewish middle school program under active review
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PHOTOS: A craft fair turned into a rare moment of connection in Clayton
PHOTOS: A craft fair turned into a rare moment of connection in Clayton
Beer, biltong and brisket: new Shabbat socials hit Chesterfield
Beer, biltong and brisket: new Shabbat socials hit Chesterfield
Harriet Turner
The volunteer who refuses the spotlight, and keeps changing lives
The story of us: Why the Jewish Light still matters
The story of us: Why the Jewish Light still matters
Banners hanging from the fence outside Northwestern University during a pro-Palestinian protest, Evanston, Illinois, April 27, 2024. (Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Northwestern antisemitism debate class sparks new questions on campus
Mirowitz Jewish middle school program under active review
Mirowitz Jewish middle school program under active review
World news
Nick Fuentes sits down for an interview with Tucker Carlson, Oct. 28, 2025. (Screenshot)
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Hateful antisemitic graffiti reading “F*ck Jews” is seen scrawled across a Brooklyn sidewalk along Atlantic Avenue near Smith Street on Nov. 14, 2025 before city sanitation crews removed it overnight, prompting condemnation from New York political leaders. Source: @LincolnRestler/X.
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Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander were co-honored at the Jews For Racial And Economic Justice's Mazals Gala, Sept. 10, 2025, New York City. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)
He was Zohran Mamdani’s Jewish wingman. What’s next for St. Louis native Brad Lander?
Bloomington, Indiana, USA - March 21, 2016: Daytime view of the The Sample Gates, entrance to Indiana University from Kirkwood Ave
Indiana University Jewish studies shakeup sparks major backlash over Israel
Adolf Hitler in Nuremberg, Germany in 1935. (API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
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Michael Smuss, the last remaining Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter, died on Oct. 21, 2025 at 99. (Wikimedia Commons)
As Holocaust survivors memories fading, the last uprising fighter dies at 99
Children's Hanukkah Art Contest

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Obituaries
Arts + Culture
Fran Drescher speaks along with Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine at a SAG-AFTRA rally in New York City, Aug. 1, 2023.
Fran Drescher is teaching Yiddish and Jewish fans can’t get enough
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Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver to star in Israeli director’s next film
John Cleese poses for a picture during a book signing in London, Sept. 10, 2020. (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
‘Monty Python’ legend cancels Israel shows
Funny Jews: Buddy Hackett on divorce and naked baths
Funny Jews: Buddy Hackett on divorce and naked baths
Celebrations
Alper-Hurwitz Engagement
Alper-Hurwitz Engagement
Rosenthal-Cook Engagement
Rosenthal-Cook Engagement
Photo courtesy of Yana Hotter/Spoonful of Sugar Photography
B’nai mitzvah: Josephine Hastings
Anniversary: Carolyn and Chuck Furfine
Anniversary: Carolyn and Chuck Furfine

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Jewish Food + Recipes
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