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St. Louis Jewish Light

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St. Louis Jewish Light

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The St. Louis chapter of the Israeli American Council (IAC) held, in conjunction with other local Jewish groups, a drive-in celebration of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. The event took place Thursday, April 15 in the back parking lot of the Jewish Community Center’s Staenberg Family Complex near Creve Coeur.

Israel Independence Day celebration

Published April 16, 2021

'The Messier Side of Parenting' with Taryn Goldstein: The Bathroom Trick

‘The Messier Side of Parenting’ with Taryn Goldstein: The Bathroom Trick

Published April 14, 2021

“The Messier Side of Parenting” introduces readers to Taryn Goldstein, 43, a St. Louis Jewish mother of four sons, ranging in age from 9 to 15. In her video blog, Goldstein will offer her no-holds-barred take on parenting, with topics ranging...

Ask the Third Graders: When the truth might hurt a friend's feelings

Ask the Third Graders: When the truth might hurt a friend’s feelings

Published April 14, 2021

Third grade students Alexa and Madeline offer their advice in the second installment of a new St. Louis Jewish Light video series.  Question: A friend called, who told me her daughter asked mine if she liked her new haircut, and my daughter said she...

Harold Abrams

St. Louis’ stories from the Holocaust: Harold Abrams

St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust MuseumPublished April 12, 2021

Since 1979, Vida “Sister” Goldman Prince has been Chairman of the Oral Histories Project, at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. The project is dedicated to recording and preserving audio interviews of not only Holocaust Survivors,...

Virtual tour of Israel to celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut

Virtual tour of Israel to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut

By Nicky BlackburnPublished April 12, 2021

(Israel21C) — We know you can't fly to Israel just yet, but that's no reason not to enjoy the beauty of Israel from your own home.

The Messier Side of Parenting - with Taryn Goldstein

The Messier Side of Parenting – with Taryn Goldstein

Published March 30, 2021

“The Messier Side of Parenting” introduces readers to Taryn Goldstein, 43, a St. Louis Jewish mother of four sons, ranging in age from 9 to 15. In her video blog, Goldstein will offer her no-holds-barred take on parenting, with topics ranging...

Ask the third graders | Hurtful words

Ask the third graders | Hurtful words

Published March 30, 2021

Third grade students Alexa and Madeline offer their advice in the second installment of a new St. Louis Jewish Light video series.  Question: Sometimes my friends use hurtful words like “dumb” or “stupid” to make fun of someone or put them...

Another Seder on the Zoom (Fiddler on the Roof Parody)

Another Seder on the Zoom (Fiddler on the Roof Parody)

Published March 29, 2021

The Schon Wirtschafter family's ongoing "tradition", as long as we live in a pandemic. The 1st Seder on the Zoom: https://youtu.be/gS9iiGJxbWo The response, Far from the Home I Zoom: https://youtu.be/YMWDOcg7EE4 Starring and created by: Marnina,...

Lior Melnick (six13.com)

Watch Six13’s newest Passover video: “The Red Sea Shanty: A Pirate Passover.”

ALEC BARIS, DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGERPublished March 25, 2021

Six13, a six-man Jewish a cappella band, has released their newest song for Passover, "The Red Sea Shanty: A Pirate Passover." The song builds on the recent TikTok sea shanty craze and also includes mashups of "What Shall We Do with the Middle...

Ask the third graders | Best friends

Ask the third graders | Best friends

Published March 16, 2021

Third grade students Alexa and Madeline offer their advice in the first installment of a new St. Louis Jewish Light video series. Have a question for them? Email [email protected] Audio credits: Track: Hawaii — Scandinavianz [Audio Library...

Masks of all kinds: Scenes from a pandemic Purim across the world

JTA StaffPublished February 26, 2021

(JTA) — It might have felt hard for many to summon a festive mood this Purim, which was for some the first holiday to be unsettled by the pandemic and for others the last to be observed normally.But in the end, Jewish communities the world over managed...

Josh Goldberg, Rob Aronson, and Sean Harkness- Change The World (Eric Clapton Cover)

Published February 26, 2021

This classic song, “Change the World” was originally written by Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, and Wayne Kirkpatrick, and was first recorded by Eric Clapton in 1996, and produced by legendary record producer, Babyface.This version features three musicians...

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