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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

L-R: Bruce Pearl, Jon Scheyer, Lindsay Gottlieb and Todd Golden (Getty Images; Scheyer image courtesy of Rabbi Nossen Fellig)

Jewish coaches lead 4 of 8 top seeds in the NCAA’s March Madness tournaments

Ben Sales, JTAPublished March 17, 2025

As the most exciting time in college basketball begins, Jewish coaches are in the spotlight. For much of the season, four coaches — Auburn’s Bruce Pearl, Duke’s Jon Scheyer, Florida’s Todd Golden and USC’s Lindsay Gottlieb — have been at...

Linda Rogul

Linda Rogul

Published March 16, 2025

Linda Rogul, 12/16/1936-03/16/2025 Beloved wife of Lawrence “Larry” Rogul; dear mother of Rebecca Reisberg (Andy), Gregg Pessin (Kimberly), and David Pessin (Rebecca); dear grandmother of Nathaniel Reisberg, Bess Price (Payden), Jonathan Pessin...

Obituary

Seth Tilzer

Published March 16, 2025

Seth Tilzer passed away March 15, 2025, surrounded by family. Seth was married for nearly 42 years and is survived by his beloved wife Ann, and their three children, Dr. Emily (Zach) Fite, Leslie (Charlie) Cutelli, and Noah (Sophie) Tilzer. He was the...

Dorothy Meyerson

Dorothy Meyerson

Published March 15, 2025

Dorothy Louise Meyer Meyerson, March 14, 2025 Beloved wife of 57 years to the late Charles B. 'Chick' Meyerson; dear mother and mother-in-law of James (Clare) Meyerson of Sunnyvale, CA, Howard (Deena Gannot) Meyerson of El Cerrito, CA and Judith (Steven)...

Holocaust revisionist featured on popular mainstream podcast and complains of ‘paranoid’ Jews

By Ben Sales, JTAPublished March 14, 2025

Joe Rogan, who hosts one of the most popular podcasts in the country, invited a Holocaust revisionist to his studio just over a week after interviewing someone who spreads antisemitic conspiracy theories. Rogan’s interview of so-called “historian”...

Obituary

David Jay Morganstern

Published March 12, 2025

David Jay Morganstern, March 6, 2025 David is survived by his mother Phyllis Goffstein (Sanford) and his sister Kathy Clark. David was preceded in death by his father Monroe Morganstern. David was a graduate of Whitfield High School. Shortly thereafter...

People walk in front of the Department of Education building, amid reports that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will take steps to defund the federal Education Department, in Washington, U.S., February 4, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Education department reduces civil rights office handling antisemitism complaints

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished March 12, 2025

The Trump administration is dramatically scaling back the federal education department, including its civil rights office— which has gone into high gear addressing antisemitism allegations at colleges and public schools. Staffing at the Office of...

A bagel store in Durham, North Carolina, found itself in hot water after backing out of a Jewish food festival over Israel. (Getty Images)

A bagel shop backed out of a Jewish food festival over Israel. Then regret set in.

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished March 11, 2025

Isaac Henrion makes and sells bagels for a living. But when he spent Sunday afternoon at the local Jewish food festival in Durham, North Carolina, he didn’t bring any of his own fare. It’s not that he hadn’t signed up as a vendor. It’s that...

Barbara Sharon Lancaster

Barbara Sharon Lancaster

Published March 11, 2025

Barbara Sharon Lancaster, passed away on March 7, 2025. Beloved daughter of the late Jacob and Adele Kelman. Dear sister and sister-in-law of Joyce (the late Stanley) Schneiderman. Dear aunt of Shari, Dr. Lowell (Judi), Dr. Jeffrey, the late Darryl,...

Antisemitic terror plot in Australia was fake and staged by a crime boss, police say

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished March 11, 2025

At first glance, when police discovered a camper vehicle packed with explosives and containing a list of Jewish targets near Sydney, Australia on Jan. 19, it appeared that they had foiled an unprecedented antisemitic terror plot. Indeed, police led...

Marilyn Rosengarten

Marilyn Rosengarten

Published March 10, 2025

Marilyn Rosengarten, March 9, 2025 Beloved wife of the late Joseph Rosengarten; dear mother and mother-in-law of Tracey (Michael) Alter and Debra (Jason) Shepherd;  Grandmother to Kayla Miller, Stephen and Aaron Alter; Mindy Katz, Jacqueline Lauzerque,...

Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)

Some Jewish groups are condemning Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

Ben Sales, JTAPublished March 10, 2025

Liberal Jewish groups joined the chorus condemning the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian protest leader at Columbia University who was detained by ICE and threatened with deportation. The statements came amid a cascade of condemnation and protest...

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