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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
Cultural Leadership Class 12 poses with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the program's annual trip to Washington, D.C. in 2016.
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Cultural Leadership Class 12 poses with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg during the program's annual trip to Washington, D.C. in 2016.
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Some Jewish St. Louisans never thought they’d own guns. Antisemitism changed that.
Some Jewish St. Louisans never thought they’d own guns. Antisemitism changed that.
Kevin Simpson chronicles the history of soccer, survival and resistance during the Holocaust in his book "Soccer Under the Swastika." Above is a photo he took at the Auschwitz concentration camp. (Courtesy of Kevin Simpson)
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Top row from left: Wynston Weiler, Jonah Stolker, Efrat Cohen, Shauna Kruger, Mitch Sommers, Rabbi Avi Rubenfeld. First row from left: Jenna Wasserman, Chanala Rubenfeld, Susan Feigenbaum and Abby Morgan.
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More than 100 House Democrats backed cutting military aid to Israel. Here’s what happened.
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Kevin Simpson chronicles the history of soccer, survival and resistance during the Holocaust in his book "Soccer Under the Swastika." Above is a photo he took at the Auschwitz concentration camp. (Courtesy of Kevin Simpson)
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