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St. Louis Jewish Light

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St. Louis Jewish Light

Chef Ben Poremba’s Florentin brings Bohemian flavor to St. Louis

Chef Ben Poremba’s Florentin brings Bohemian flavor to St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 6, 2024

Florentin, the new Israeli-inspired restaurant from restaurateur Ben Poremba, is set to open in St. Louis' Delmar Maker District on Friday, June 7. Named for Poremba’s favorite neighborhood in Tel Aviv. the eatery aims to bring the Bohemian...

St. Louis CITY SC signs Jewish Australian midfielder

St. Louis CITY SC signs Jewish Australian midfielder

Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 6, 2024

The newest midfielder/defender for St. Louis CITY SC is a Jewish Australian. Jake Girdwood-Reich recently signed with the team through 2027, with a club option for 2028. Girdwood-Reich must first obtain international clearance and a P-1 visa, a non-immigrant...

Rabbi Elkan C. Voorsanger

St. Louis’ ‘Fighting Rabbi’ featured in new exhibit

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 6, 2024

A new exhibition is putting a focus on the critical role military chaplains played during World War I and it features the legendary Rabbi Elkan C. Voorsanger, who was known as "The Fighting Rabbi from St. Louis." The exhibition "Sacred Service," recently...

Casualty figures deserve closer scrutiny

Published June 6, 2024

In response to the JNS article “After faulting ‘fog of war’ for cloudy Hamas casualty numbers, UN’s new stats still don’t appear to add up” (published online May 14) there is yet another reason to believe that the count of Gaza “innocents”...

A different take on Bush and Bell

Published June 5, 2024

In March, many local rabbis and Jewish leaders endorsed Wesley Bell for Congress, claiming he is an ally of the Jewish community. We as Progressive Jews of St. Louis (ProJoSTL) find this sentiment fallacious. To start, Bell dropped his run for the U.S....

Clergy state support for Wesley Bell

Published June 5, 2024

As rabbis and cantors from across the spectrum of Jewish denominations, serving St. Louis-area congregations and Jewish communities, we are unified in our personal private capacities to publicly support Wesley Bell for Congress. Three weeks after our...

The Jewish story behind this El Dorado hanging on the wall of a Nashville honky-tonk

The Jewish story behind this El Dorado hanging on the wall of a Nashville honky-tonk

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 5, 2024

On Sunday, St. Louis Jewish Light Editor-in-Chief Ellen Futterman, freelance writer-photographer Bill Motchan and I ventured east to Nashville, Tenn., for the annual conference of the American Jewish Press Association. On Monday night, the Light received...

Hitler and the Nazis makes use of colorized archival footage — some from Leni Riefenstahl — as well as reenactments.

Is this a Hitler documentary worth watching?

By PJ Grisar, The ForwardPublished June 5, 2024

There is no documentary subject more urgent and more overexposed than Hitler and the Nazis. So great is the glut of TV shows devoted to the Third Reich that you can take your pick of subgenres — a pop psychological profile of Hitler, National Geographic’s...

Dodi Smason

Dodi Smason joins JFed in new role

Published June 5, 2024

Dodi Smason has joined the Jewish Federation of St. Louis team as its manager of Jewish Community Engagement. She will be working to enhance Federation’s community internally and externally by creating Jewish engagement and educational opportunities,...

You’re invited to the online Jewish food event of the year

You’re invited to the online Jewish food event of the year

JTA StaffPublished June 5, 2024

(JTA) — Maybe you’re curious about different slices of Jewish culinary history. Maybe you’re a chef looking to add some new Jewish recipes to your repertoire. Or maybe you don’t know where to begin, but you have a craving for learning more about...

Sherilyn and Barry Krell at the grave of Sam Rubin, an Army private from St. Louis who died in Normandy in 1944.

St. Louisans help son forge tie to father killed at Normandy

Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 5, 2024

The invasion of Normandy marked a critical turning point during World War II. The Allied armies launched the largest amphibious invasion in military history June 6, 1944. That battle 80 years ago was a costly one, with 73,000 Allied forces killed over...

Leonard Nimoy. 1969

Leonard Nimoy’s Yiddish legacy coming to Jewish streaming service

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 4, 2024

The rich story of iconic Jewish actor Leonard Nimoy's connection to Yiddish heritage is among the first offerings to hit the Jewish streaming service ChaiFlicks as part of its new partnership with Yiddish Book Center. This collaboration will bring the...

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