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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

Yahya Sinwar at the opening of a new mosque in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 24, 2017. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)

Israel kills Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 17, 2024

Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the deadliest attack on Israel in its history, was killed in a firefight with Israeli forces. “Yahya Sinwar planned and executed the October 7th Massacre, promoted his murderous ideology both before and during the war,...

Obituary

Leah A. Kabakeris

Published October 17, 2024

Leah A. Kabakeris, on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. Beloved life friend of Michael G. McCluskey. Dear daughter of the late Leon and Ruth (nee Johnson) Kabakeris. Cherished cousin of the late Fay (nee Kabakeris) (the late Dr. Israel I.) Berwald. Dearest cousin...

Sonya “Sunny” Rudy

Sonya “Sunny” Rudy

Published October 16, 2024

Sonya “Sunny” Rudy (nee Furfine), December 6, 1932 – October 15, 2024 Beloved wife for more than 54 years of the late Milton Rudy; dear mother and mother-in-law of Harvey Rudy (Sharon) of Atlanta, Deborah “Debbie” Vo (Thanh) of Ellicott...

Miriam Adelson donates $100M to Trump campaign

Miriam Adelson donates $100M to Trump campaign

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished October 16, 2024

Miriam Adelson has delivered on a pledge she reportedly made at the start of the general election season, donating $100 million to a campaign committee supporting the candidacy of Donald Trump, according to disclosures filed Tuesday with the Federal Election...

Israeli professor Shai Davidai outside of Columbia University, April 22, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Columbia bars Shai Davidai, outspoken Israeli and pro-Israel professor, from campus

Luke Tress, JTAPublished October 16, 2024

Shai Davidai, an Israeli assistant professor at Columbia University’s business school and outspoken pro-Israel activist, said he has been barred from the school’s campus again. In a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday, Davidai said his lawyer...

Rabbi Yael Buechler is displaying her Amazon “tuchus” boxes in her Sukkah, October 2024. (Courtesy Buechler)

The ‘Tuchus’ Box that had Jews laughing—and buying!

By Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished October 16, 2024

The brightly colored “Sukkot boxes” offered up on Amazon boasted the colors of spring, not fall; had no ostensible use for the Jewish holiday; and contained a Hebrew misspelling that bordered on obscene. Reader, I bought them. And it wasn’t...

Former KKK president David Duke, left, announced on his radio show Oct. 15 that he is endorsing Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein. (Photos via YouTube, Wikimedia)

Former KKK leader David Duke endorses Jewish presidential candidate

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished October 16, 2024

David Duke, the former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, endorsed Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who is Jewish, on his radio show Tuesday. Duke, long one of the country’s highest-profile white supremacists and antisemites, has repeatedly...

Jewish passengers were greeted by the police once they arrived in Frankfurt. (Courtesy)

Lufthansa ordered to pay $4M penalty for denying boarding to 128 Jewish passengers in 2022

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished October 15, 2024

The U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered Lufthansa to pay a $4 million Lufthansa discrimination fine for denying boarding to 128 Jewish passengers in 2022. The incident, which occurred in May 2022, affected passengers wearing traditionally...

Letter to the editor: Transparency in politics

Letter to the editor: Transparency in politics

Published October 15, 2024

Like you, I receive many calls from candidates on November’s ballot. As a resident of Missouri Senate District 15 (Chesterfield, Town and Country, Ballwin), I was particularly interested in Joe Pereles, who is running to represent me. His campaign materials...

Obituary

Lenore Harris Schulein

Published October 15, 2024

Lenore Harris Schulein, October 14, 2024 Beloved wife of the late Benjamin M. Schulein, Jr; dear step-mother of Bonnie Gertz, Penny Feldman (Jeff) and Cathy Goldstein (late Dr. Barry); dear step-grandmother of Joshua Gertz (Jamie) and Eva Lee Gertz...

A silhouette of Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism,  is displayed near a flag of the state of Israel on a building in Jerusalem. (Yehoshua Halevi/Getty Images)

For the sake of Israel, is it time to retire the word ‘Zionism’?

Alanna E. Cooper, Sharona Hoffman, JTAPublished October 14, 2024

With the rise of the campus protest movement post-Oct. 7, the terms “Zionist” and “Zionism” have suddenly entered the popular lexicon as never before. At our institution — Case Western Reserve University — the calls for student activism...

Obituary

Marilyn Small

Published October 14, 2024

Marilyn Small, June 14, 2024 Marilyn passed away peacefully at home after fighting a long battle with lung cancer. In true Marilyn form, she surpassed every doctor’s expectation and fought her illness with strength and grace from beginning to end....

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