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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

How open should Hillels be?

Uriel HeilmanPublished October 13, 2014

In dueling JTA Op-Eds, Boston College senior Evan Goldstein argues with Hillel International’s chief, Eric Fingerhut, over how open Hillel chapters should be when it comes to Israel discourse. The Op-Eds come as the Open Hillel campaign —...

Discovering that Israeli troops aren’t made of Teflon

Marcy OsterPublished July 22, 2014

Israeli President Shimon Peres visiting the family of Banya Rubel, one of the Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza, July 21, 2014. (Mark Neiman/Israel Government Press Office My children have been following the Gaza operation since it began...

Netanyahu’s time for choosing

Published March 30, 2014

Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid (L) seen speaking with Jewish Home leader Naftali Bennett during a plenum session in the Israeli parliament last year. Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sit to the right. (Miriam...

Three hours in Africa’s largest slum

Published January 22, 2014

(Ben Sales) When fashioning their flying toilets, residents of the Nairobi neighborhood of Kibera prefer to use thick plastic bags. But to save money, area resident Wellington Nabwoba said, they’ll settle for a black garbage bag with...

Harold Berman

Published January 4, 2014

Harold​​ Berman, died January 3, 2014. Beloved son of Bertha and the late Sol Berman; dear brother of the late Samuel Berman and Joyce Sue Earl; dear uncle of Jonathan and Angelica Earl; dear great-uncle of Iris Shana Earl; dear nephew of...

Mitzvot from the heart: Ryan Lutker, B’nai El Congregation

Published January 26, 2011

Ryan Lutker, son of Lesley and Ray Lutker of St. Louis, dedicated his bar mitzvah project to his elementary school teacher, Nancy Stephenson, who passed away from cancer. He worked with Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, an organization committed to finding...

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