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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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Jewish Community at STL Pride Parade 2018

Jewish Community at STL Pride Parade 2018

Published June 28, 2018

Members of the Jewish community from across St. Louis joined together on Sunday for the 2018 St. Louis Pride Parade. The parade drew thousands of participants — including a variety of groups from the Jewish community — to Market Street to join in...

Intergenerational Shabbat picnic brings community together

Intergenerational Shabbat picnic brings community together

Published June 13, 2018

Families gathered in Millennium Park on Friday, June 8, for the annual summer Intergenerational Family Shabbat Picnic. Sponsored by PJ Library, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis Women’s Philanthropy and The J’s Family Center, the event was a night...

Video: JCRC calls attentions to treatment of refugees through MS St. Louis vigil

Video: JCRC calls attentions to treatment of refugees through MS St. Louis vigil

Published June 7, 2018

The Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis and other local faith groups organized a vigil on June 6, 2018, the 79-year-anniversary of when the M.S. St. Louis, a ship carrying refugees fleeing Nazi Germany, was forced to return to Europe after...

Lisa Graivier Barnes (co-chair), Patty Croughan (co-chair), Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland award recipient Marilyn Fox, and Amy Cantor (co-chair).

Spotlight photos: May 30, 2018

Published May 30, 2018

Thanks to generous support from the Staenberg Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of Jewish Federation, the Jewish Light's Spotlight page offers a full page of images of recent Jewish community events. Have a photo you would like to submit? Email...

Boy Scouts at Chesed Shel Emeth on Memorial Day

Boy Scouts at Chesed Shel Emeth on Memorial Day

Published May 30, 2018

Each Memorial Day weekend, local Boy Scouts visit all of the local Jewish cemeteries to place American flags at the graves of Jewish war veterans. Before fanning out to the cemeteries, the Jewish War Veterans Post 644 prepares breakfast for the scouts...

2018 Unsung Heroes

2018 Unsung Heroes

Published May 24, 2018

On Thursday, May 17, members of the community came out to support the Jewish Light’s 9th class of Unsung Heroes, as well as pay tribute to the event’s founder and honorary chair, Sheri Sherman. The Jewish Light’s 2018 Unsung Heroes are Robert Stein,...

Rabbi Carnie Rose, Cantor Shira Lissek and Cantor Sharon Nathanson. Photos: Jen Goldenberg

Spotlight photos: May 23, 2018

Published May 24, 2018

Thanks to generous support from the Staenberg Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of Jewish Federation, the Jewish Light's Spotlight page offers a full page of images of recent Jewish community events. Have a photo you would like to submit? Email...

The St. Louis Kollel’s Torah & Turf Football League recently expanded to Torah & Turf Basketball. Games take place on Monday evenings at Brittany Woods Middle School. Four teams are already on board.

Spotlight photos: May 16

Published May 17, 2018

Thanks to generous support from the Staenberg Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of Jewish Federation, the Jewish Light's Spotlight page offers a full page of images of recent Jewish community events. Have a photo you would like to submit? Email...

Solomon Schechter graduates start mail-order duck business

Solomon Schechter graduates start mail-order duck business

Published May 16, 2018

By Eric Berger, staff writer.Davi and Josh Reznick started a company, DUCKCHAR, that was recently featured in Food & Wine.Davi talked with the St. Louis Jewish Light about his company and demonstrated how to cook its product, moulard duck breast.

Above: Temple Israel held its fifth annual Women’s Passover Seder. Pictured are mother-daughter duo Patty Bloom, director of admissions and marketing at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School, and Alice Handelman, Jewish Light board member and community volunteer.

Spotlight photos: May 9, 2018

Published May 9, 2018

Thanks to generous support from the Staenberg Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of Jewish Federation, the Jewish Light's Spotlight page offers a full page of images of recent Jewish community events. Have a photo you would like to submit? Email...

Jewish day school students from Epstein Hebrew Academy and Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School came together at the Jewish Community Center’s Staenberg Family Complex for the annual Yachad event, planned by Torah Mitzion Kollel. Students from Yeshivat Kadimah High School assisted in the event, which is held in honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. Groups of students went through different stations and booths to learn about Israel through a variety of activities. The students then gathered in the gymnasium for a closing event and “Daglanot,”  a flag march. At one booth, children made fleece blankets that will be shipped and given out to “at risk” kids  from St. Louis’ sister city, Yokneam-Megiddo.  Photos: Mike Sherwin

Spotlight photos: April 25, 2018

Published April 25, 2018

Thanks to generous support from the Staenberg Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of Jewish Federation, the Jewish Light's Spotlight page offers a full page of images of recent Jewish community events. Have a photo you would like to submit? Email...

Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer visited Westminster College in Fulton, Mo., last month and delivered the Enid and R. Crosby Kemper Lecture, part of the college’s Association of Churchill Fellows annual induction ceremony. In his speech, titled “Churchill and Israel,” Dermer repeatedly thanked Winston Churchill for being a stalwart proponent for the formation of the State of Israel, even though he was often at odds with the British government and members of his own party over the issue. This year’s inductees were (from left) St. Louis attorney Neal F. Perryman, Ambassador Dermer, Morton “Mort” Harris and William Clark Durant III. The fifth inductee was St. Louis business leader Sam Fox, who was unable to attend.

Spotlight photos: April 18, 2018

Published April 18, 2018

Thanks to generous support from the Staenberg Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of Jewish Federation, the Jewish Light's Spotlight page offers a full page of images of recent Jewish community events. Have a photo you would like to submit? Email...

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