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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

Veniamin Yuryevich Kaplan

Veniamin Yuryevich Kaplan

Published October 6, 2024

Veniamin Yuryevich Kaplan, October 2, 2024 Beloved husband of the late Irina Shifrina; dear father of Nadia (Nadezhda) Shifrina and Vladimir Kaplan;  dear brother of Maria Kaplan; Uncle of Eugenia Luchinkina; Cousen of Inna Bolkovsky and Alex Ezrakhovich;...

Robert Twin

Robert Twin

Published October 4, 2024

Ninety-eight years young, Bob died reluctantly on October 2, 2024. He was preceded in death by his sweetheart and wife, Seva Kretchmar Twin, who he “loved with every cell in his body” for 72 years and every day after. Bob was the devoted son...

Gerhard Silberstein

Gerhard Silberstein

Published October 4, 2024

Gerhard Silberstein, September 30, 2024, age 90 Beloved husband of the late Erna Heymann Silberstein.  Dear father of Janice (David) Rifkin and Jody (Kenneth) Martin.  Loving grandfather of Brandon (Brittany Diedrich) Walden and Stephanie...

Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham

Moses’ last call: A lesson in listening and remaining optimistic

Published October 3, 2024

Living Jewishly is intense (in the best sense of the word).  The Aseret Yemei Teshuvah, the Ten Days of Repentance, are upon us. The penultimate parsha, Ha’azinu could not be more poignant. Almost the entire parsha consists of Deuteronomy chapter...

At left, the book cover of Mark and Matthew Jacob's Abe Saperstein biography (Courtesy). At right, Saperstein, far left, in the earliest known team photo of the Globetrotters, from the 1930–1931 season. (Berkley Family Collection)

The remarkable true story of how a Jewish immigrant helped shaped basketball as we know it today

Jacob Gurvis, JTAPublished October 3, 2024

When basketball superstar Stephen Curry sunk a series of three-point shots to help Team USA clinch the Olympic gold medal in Paris this summer, it’s unlikely the four-time NBA champion was thinking about Abe Saperstein. But as a new biography of...

Obituary

Monument dedication: Regina Rich Klein

Published October 2, 2024

A monument dedication for Regina Rich Klein will be held Sunday, October 13, 2024@1:00 PM at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery-Olive.

Family and friends of Israeli soldier Captain Eitan Itzhak Oster, killed during an Israeli ground operation in Southern Lebanon, attend his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery. Jerusalem, Oct. 2, 2024.

8 Israeli troops killed in Lebanon in first Israeli casualties of ground invasion

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 2, 2024

In the first casualties in Lebanon since Israel launched a ground incursion this week, eight Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes with Hezbollah fighters. The army said Wednesday that six soldiers were killed in one clash and that two were killed...

Linda May Szus

Linda May Szus

Published October 2, 2024

Linda May Szus, October 1, 2024 Our hearts are broken as we mourn the loss of our dear Linda May Szus, née Bressler, who left us on October 1, 2024. Linda was born in St. Louis, on May 9, 1951 to the late Leo and Geraldine Bressler. She has...

Charles Marshall Friedman

Charles Marshall Friedman

Published October 1, 2024

Obituary of Charles Marshall Friedman ("Marshall"): A Legacy of family, advocacy and warmth (1940–2024) [*U.S. Coast Guard Veteran] Charles Marshall Friedman ("Marshall"), a renowned trial attorney, community leader, and devoted family man,...

Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the Israeli border with Lebanon, Oct. 1, 2024.

Iran launches missile attack against Israel; US warns of ‘severe consequences for Iran’

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 1, 2024

(JTA) — WASHINGTON — Sirens blared across much of Israel late Tuesday after Iran fired a barrage of missiles toward the country. More than 100 ballistic missiles were incoming, Israeli officials said, as sirens blared across most of the country...

2024-2025 Guide to Jewish Life

2024-2025 Guide to Jewish Life

Published October 1, 2024

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant meets with soldiers stationed along the border with Lebanon as Israel readied a ground invasion against Hezbollah there.

Israel’s Third Lebanon War is underway. Here’s what you need to know.

Ben Sales, JTAPublished September 30, 2024

Fighting is underway between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters along the Israel-Lebanon border. What is yet unclear: How many will fight, how long they will stay there, how many people will be killed and whether the blazing conflict between Hezbollah...

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