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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

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Upcoming events for Jewish families in St. Louis

Upcoming events for Jewish families in St. Louis

Published October 13, 2021

Circus Flora When/Where: Through Oct. 31 at the Big Top in Grand Center Virtual/In-person? In-person RSVP required? Tickets for in-person shows are $10- $85 and available at metrotix.com. Description: As Circus Flora’s storytellers will describe,...

Ask the Fourth Graders: When a good friend starts treating you badly

Ask the Fourth Graders: When a good friend starts treating you badly

Published October 13, 2021

Question: What do you do when someone you thought was a really good friend suddenly starts treating you badly? In addition to the video response, Alexa and her mom, Lauren, offer this response: Many people have had situations like this, where they...

Israeli study: Pfizer vaccine does wear off after 6 months

Abigail Klein LeichmanPublished October 12, 2021

(Israel21c) - The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 loses considerable effectiveness six months after the second dose, according to new Israeli research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study echoes findings published by...

Dr. Karina Golberg, a researcher in Ben-Gurion University’s Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology. Photo by Dani Machlis/BGU

Artificial sweeteners may cause digestive disease and discomfort

Abigail Klein LeichmanPublished October 10, 2021

(Israel21c) - If you tend to choose foods and beverages made with artificial sweeteners rather than sugar, you may want to reconsider. While we know that added sugar is not good for our bodies, now we also know that six FDA-approved artificial sweeteners...

Oy, now I know why my wife is always cold

JORDAN PALMERPublished October 9, 2021

It goes without fail. If we're in a movie theater in July, my wife is cold, and I'm too hot. If we're at a Cardinals game in July, in the shade, I'm sweltering, she's got a light sweater on.  I know you know what I'm talking about. So, why do so...

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Why do some Jews cut their fingernails out of order?

Jordan PalmerPublished October 6, 2021

I'm guessing that many of you who are parents, remember how tough it was to get your children to do those little hygenic things we humans do, such as brush our teeth, shower, cut our nails.  There's a lot more of course, but let's just focus on that...

Mark and Erica Gerson (Michael Gerson)

Meet the Jewish couple funding Christian missionary hospitals in Africa

Asaf ShalevPublished October 6, 2021

(JTA) — A nonprofit supporting Christian missionary hospitals in Africa announced it received an $18 million donation last month, its biggest gift ever — and that the money is coming from an observant Jewish couple.  Rabbi Erica Gerson and her...

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