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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

Unexpected wisdom: A St. Louis TSA agent’s words echo a timeless Jewish lesson

Unexpected wisdom: A St. Louis TSA agent’s words echo a timeless Jewish lesson

By Rabbi Mike RovinskyPublished August 13, 2024

A fundamental concept in Judaism states that God is always sending us messages. However, it’s up to us to adjust our dials (think old school transistor radios) to hone in on the frequency to be able to hear those messages. Recently, I received a...

NCJW Couturier Sale Cochairmen Andrea Gardner (left) and Jane Hochman (right) flank Bernie Bornstein of the Fur Centre, who is honored at the sale’s Silver Anniversary Gala Dinner on Sept. 16. At Plaza Frontenac.  (1989)

Photos: NCJWSTL’s Couturier event through the years as the 60th annual approaches

Published August 13, 2024

Mark your calendar fashionistas. The National Council of Jewish Women-St. Louis (NCJWSTL) will hold its annual Couturier sale Sept. 25-28 at The Resale Shop. This year, the celebration promises to be even more festive as Couturier marks its 60th anniversary. Items...

Amy Fenster Brown

Notes From A Jewish Mother: When your firstborn leaves for college

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish LightPublished August 13, 2024

It’s been said that God gives her toughest battles to her strongest soldiers. Parents sending their kids off to college are training in boot camp, prepping to march on the front lines of an emotional combat zone. We need the strength of a full platoon...

Skip Rosen   

Skip Rosen   

Published August 13, 2024

Skip Rosen, August 11, 2024 Beloved husband of Elizabeth Rosen; dear father of Jacob Rosen (Laura) and Joseph Rosen (Chloe Williams); loving grandfather of Layla and Ruby; dear son of the late Milton and the late Evelyn Rosen; dear brother of Steve...

Are neo-Nazi terms really the only way to criticize U.S. support for Israel

Are neo-Nazi terms really the only way to criticize U.S. support for Israel

By Mira FoxPublished August 12, 2024

If you hadn’t heard the term before, “zog” might sound like a strange piece of internet slang or perhaps a video game character. But the term, it turns out, is shorthand for Zionist Occupied Government, and it’s a 1970s variation on the age-old...

Is Tisha B’Av still meaningful after Oct. 7?

Is Tisha B’Av still meaningful after Oct. 7?

Susan Talve, The ForwardPublished August 12, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Ten years ago, on Aug. 9, 2014, 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr. was shot by a local police officer in Ferguson, Missouri....

How to perfect your babka baking skills before Rosh Hashanah

How to perfect your babka baking skills before Rosh Hashanah

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished August 12, 2024

Babka, the rich, sweet bread swirled with chocolate or cinnamon, has long been a beloved treat in Jewish households, particularly around festive occasions. Now, as Rosh Hashanah approaches on the evening of Wed., Oct. 2, it's a good time to make sure...

St. Louis Jewish leaders condemn antisemitic social media posts

St. Louis Jewish leaders condemn antisemitic social media posts

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished August 12, 2024

In the aftermath of Cori Bush's primary loss last Tuesday, tensions surrounding the St. Louis political landscape have intensified, especially concerning issues of antisemitism. Last week, the ADL Heartland office reacted on social media to a post...

Tickets to see 'The Artist Who Captured Eichmann' in St. Louis go on sale today

Tickets to see ‘The Artist Who Captured Eichmann’ in St. Louis go on sale today

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished August 12, 2024

Tickets to see the highly anticipated special exhibition "The Artist Who Captured Eichmann" at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum are on sale starting today on the museum's website. This unique exhibition opens on Sept. 19 and offers a rare...

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff affixes a mezuzah at the vice president’s residence in Washington, D.C., in 2021. Courtesy of The White House

A mezuzah in a Harris-Emhoff White House? It might not be the first.

By Louis Keene, Unitha Cherry, The ForwardPublished August 11, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris’ likely presidential nomination has Democrats dreaming of history: First woman in the Oval Office. First Jewish First Gentleman. First…White House mezuzah? Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff hung a mezuzah — a decorative...

Nick Fuentes during a livestream on May 23, 2023.

JD Vance calls Holocaust denier a ‘total loser’

By Jacob Kornbluh, The ForwardPublished August 11, 2024

Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, on Sunday downplayed former President Donald Trump’s dinner in 2022 with Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes. Nonetheless, he said that white supremacy “doesn’t have any room in the MAGA movement,”...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz arrives at City Hall in Bloomington, Minnesota, Aug. 1, 2024. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

The Yiddish wisdom of Tim Walz

By Chana Pollack, The ForwardPublished August 8, 2024

When vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz declared, “We’ll sleep when we’re dead”after his formal introduction in Philadelphia, he was not only quoting rocker Warren Zevon or referencing American revolution tummler Benjamin Franklin who famously...

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