Since joining the Jewish Light I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up and part of that was the Yiddish my grandparents would use, particularly my maternal grandparents whom I affectionately named Mama and Baba. Both would use Yiddish...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. LOS ANGELES — There will be Shabbat services in Pasadena this weekend. That’s far more remarkable than it seems,...

(JTA) — Daniel Sher’s voice broke as he related the latest to members of his Pacific Palisades synagogue. Kehillat Israel had just sent a message saying that its building had so far survived the devastating Palisades Fire, but, the associate rabbi...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Louis Keene is covering the fires in Los Angeles, where he is based. Follow him on X for live updates on the fire. LOS...

Members of the St. Louis Jewish community are invited to join representatives from nearly a dozen local Jewish organizations in traveling to Jefferson City on Jan. 22 for Missouri Jewish Advocacy Day. The event is designed to amplify Jewish...

If you’ve been scrolling through Netflix wondering what to watch, here’s a suggestion: turn off the true crime docuseries and settle in for a cinematic masterpiece. Steven Spielberg’s iconic 1993 film “Schindler’s List” is now streaming on...

If you’ve ever wondered who your ancestors were, what paths they took and what stories they left behind, the Jewish Special Interest Group (J-SIG) of the St. Louis Genealogical Society has just the event for you. Their first meeting of the year, an...

When I heard that Bonnie Mann was launching a coffee festival in St. Louis, it felt like a celebration that was long overdue. After all, we have wine festivals, beer festivals and even gooey butter cake festivals—but somehow coffee, the drink that fuels...

It’s been said that rules are made to be broken. The best example of that is the New Year’s resolution. We start with grand plans, break them, then end up feeling bad. At this point in January, you’ve probably broken any resolutions you made anyway....

Readers respond to recent d’var Torah Rabbi James Bennett’s recent commentary (“Can we change history by thinking before we speak or act,” Dec. 18 edition) is an important conversation-starter about the limits of Jewish communal discourse. I...

One of the main themes of Sefer Bereishit is the struggle between brothers. Cain and Hevel (Abel), Yitzchak and Yishmael, Esav and Yaakov, and Yosef and his brothers. Last week’s Parsha provides the culmination of the entire Book, with Yehudah refusing...

The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum recently announced the appointment of five new board members and the election of its officers for 2025.  Greg Yawitz has been elected the new chair of the board of directors, succeeding Carol Staenberg,...