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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
In Entebbe the hostages thought they were about to die. Then they heard Hebrew.
Aidan, Caleb and Noah Kornblum, pictured with leaders of Troop 11 at a ceremony in Faust Park in June.
St. Louis Jews asked Missouri for security funding. Five months later, it was vetoed.
East Brook Middle School in Paramus, New Jersey, recalled yearbooks featuring an image of baby Adolf Hitler. (Google Streetview/Bettmann/Getty Images Contributor)
From left: Barbara Shamir, Amos Shamir, Marsha Birenbaum
Local News
More than half of American Jews now choose cremation. One St. Louis rabbi decided to act.
More than half of American Jews now choose cremation. One St. Louis rabbi decided to act.
Harlan Coben
The Jewish identity quietly woven through Harlan Coben’s thrillers
Aidan, Caleb and Noah Kornblum, pictured with leaders of Troop 11 at a ceremony in Faust Park in June.
How three religious brothers earned scouting’s highest rank without ever camping on Shabbat
St. Louis Jews asked Missouri for security funding. Five months later, it was vetoed.
St. Louis Jews asked Missouri for security funding. Five months later, it was vetoed.
World news
Harlan Coben
The Jewish identity quietly woven through Harlan Coben’s thrillers
In Entebbe the hostages thought they were about to die. Then they heard Hebrew.
In Entebbe the hostages thought they were about to die. Then they heard Hebrew.
East Brook Middle School in Paramus, New Jersey, recalled yearbooks featuring an image of baby Adolf Hitler. (Google Streetview/Bettmann/Getty Images Contributor)
Hitler showed up in the baby photos section of a middle school yearbook
Chaplain Scott Klein with two Jewish soldiers at Fort Bragg. Photo by Benyamin Cohen
The Army’s only airborne rabbi finds his congregation wherever he lands
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Obituaries
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Forest Park is turns 150. Its Jewish history is everywhere.
Forest Park is turns 150. Its Jewish history is everywhere.
Rabbi Naftali Schiff, left, and Michael Calvin, co-authors of the book "Miracle." (Jacob Gersch photography)
Fifty-one Jewish boys were led into Auschwitz’s gas chamber. Then something unbelievable happened.
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A St. Louis Holocaust survivor spent decades building this collection. After his death, it became a memorial.
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Big voices, big ideas merge in ‘Fiddler’ performed as opera
Celebrations
Harir-Dierk Engagement
Harir-Dierk Engagement
Deleshowitz Wedding
Deleshowitz Wedding
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Sports-loving Jeran Freistein marks his bar mitzvah
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Jewish Food + Recipes
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Brad Hartman is executive chef of 613 Catering at the Jewish Community Center.
We asked Jewish St. Louis what they wanted from Katz's.  Then we learned Katz’s was coming. 
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