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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

Portrait of Rabbi Josef Davidson

D’var Torah: Blessings and curses

Rabbi Josef DavidsonPublished September 18, 2024

A businessman boarded a plane to find, sitting next to him, an elegant woman wearing the largest, most stunning diamond ring he had ever seen. He asked her about it. "This is the Bexfield diamond," she said. "It is beautiful, but there is a terrible...

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a fighting anti-semitism event with Miriam Adelson at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, in Bedminster, New Jersey,  Aug. 15, 2024. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Donald Trump targets Kamala Harris in new initiative against antisemitism

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 17, 2024

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is again planning to highlight the threat of antisemitism and accuse Kamala Harris of enabling it — the latest spotlighting of a Jewish issue in a presidential election that has seen a heavy focus on American Jews. On...

Lebanese army soldiers secure the area for an ambulance to enter the premises of the American University hospital. Eight people have been killed and some 2,750 injured in suspected coordinated explosions of hand-held telecommunications devices across Lebanon, Health Minister Firas Abiad said during a press conference in Beirut, Sept. 17. 2024. (Marwan Naamani/picture alliance via Getty Images)

At least 8 killed and thousands wounded as Hezbollah pagers explode across Lebanon

Published September 17, 2024

Wireless devices carried by Hezbollah operatives and their associates exploded en masse Tuesday, killing at least eight and wounding more than 2,700 people in Lebanon and Syria, a mass targeted attack on the terror group as tensions on Israel’s Lebanese...

Obituary

Sue Shrago

Published September 17, 2024

Sue Shrago, September 13, 2024 Dear mother of Chad Lott and Jason “Jay” Lott; dear daughter of the late Mary and the late Harry Shrago; beloved partner of the late Haim Cohen. dear friend to many and an overwhelming supporter of woman’s rights...

Obituary

Roberta Horwitz

Published September 17, 2024

Roberta Mendell Horwitz passed away on Sept. 2, 2024.  Born to Hyme and Madelyn Mendell in St. Joseph, Mo.  She was the dear wife of Lester Horwitz and mother to Michael (Mary) Horwitz and Howard (Amy) Horwitz. She was the dear sister to Ellen (Larry)...

Hortense “Horty” Levinson

Hortense “Horty” Levinson

Published September 17, 2024

Hortense “Horty” Rosalie (Strauss) Levinson, OCTOBER 25, 1932 – AUGUST 29, 2024 Horty Levinson passed away peacefully at her Southern California home early in the morning on August 29, just months shy of her 92nd birthday. Beloved wife of 70...

Edward Stanley Rader

Edward Stanley Rader

Published September 16, 2024

  Edward Stanley Rader was born on February 16, 1931, and died surrounded by family and friends on September 8, 2024, at the age of 93. Certain things defined him most clearly: an exceptional work ethic, a sharp wit, and uncompromising integrity. Edward’s...

Jerome E. Glick

Jerome E. Glick

Published September 15, 2024

Jerome E. Glick, of Clayton, passed away on September 14, 2024. Son of the late Archie and the late Blanche Glick; Father of Janice Sandweiss, the late Debra Breningstall (Nesanel), Marcie Handler (Michael), and Thomas Glick (Brenda); Grandfather of...

Political activist Laura Loomer stands across from the Women's March 2019 in New York City on January 19, 2019. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)

Who is Laura Loomer, the Jewish provacateur back in Donald Trump’s inner circle

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 13, 2024

Donald Trump is facing a wave of backlash for spending time with Laura Loomer, a Jewish far-right provocateur who was once banned from several social media platforms for hate speech. What makes this backlash different is that it’s coming from another...

Current Vice President and 2024 Democratic Presidential nominee Kamala Harris speaks to several thousand attendees at her presidential campaign rally at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Romulus, Michigan, Aug. 7, 2024. (Adam J. Dewey/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Republican PAC blankets Michigan with ads touting Kamala Harris’ pro-Israel credentials

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 13, 2024

Donald Trump claims Israel will disappear if Vice President Kamala Harris is elected in November, but GOP ads in Michigan from a political action committee are telling voters she “stands with Israel. The ads appear to be targeting the swing state’s...

Steven Cook and Michael Solomonov shot the pictures for "Zahav Home" in Solomonov's Philadelphia house. (Courtesy CookNSolo)

Michael Solomonov aims to simplify Israeli classics for home cooks in ‘Zahav Home’

Rachel Ringler, JTAPublished September 12, 2024

A lot has changed since the last time Michael Solomonov released a cookbook, back in 2018. The celebrity chef has opened several new restaurants. He has expanded his empire beyond Philadelphia to New York City. And of course he has watched his native...

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump shake hands ahead of the presidential debate at National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Sept. 10, 2024. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Do Donald Trump and Kamala Harris identify as ‘Zionist’? Here’s what their campaigns told us.

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 12, 2024

WASHINGTON — For decades, President Joe Biden has called himself a “Zionist.” But in the waning days of his reelection campaign, he wondered aloud if anyone knew what the term means anymore. Speedy Morman, a podcaster, had asked Biden in a July...

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