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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

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Israel Summer Trips 2022: Zoe Klevens

Israel Summer Trips 2022: Zoe Klevens

ELLEN FUTTERMAN, Editor-in-ChiefPublished August 31, 2022

It didn’t take Zoe Klevens very long to return to Israel after getting back from her first trip there this summer. In fairness, the Parkway Central High School junior had already decided in advance of her summer trip to spend the fall, or more specifically...

Photos: 2,000 smiles counted during Sundays St. Charles Jewish Festival

Photos: 2,000 smiles counted during Sunday’s St. Charles Jewish Festival

Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished August 15, 2022

A gathering of more than 2,000 celebrated Jewish food, music and culture on August 14 at the Foundry Arts Centre in St. Charles. The Chabad Jewish Center of St. Charles County sponsored the second annual St. Charles Jewish Festival. Musical highlights...

NCJW St. Louis volunteers were out in force Sunday, July 31 for the 22nd year of the Back To School! Store. The annual event provides school supplies and other essentials to underserved elementary school children throughout the St. Louis area. Photo: Bill Motchan

Photos and video: NCJW St. Louis helps 2,000 children with Back to School! Store

BILL MOTCHAN, Special to the Jewish LightPublished August 3, 2022

NCJW St. Louis volunteers were out in force Sunday, July 31 for the 22nd year of the Back to School! Store. The annual event provides school supplies and other essentials to underserved elementary school children throughout the St. Louis area. The 2022...

Cantor Ronald Eichaker leading Israeli scouts singing “Hatikvah”

Photos: Yom Hazikaron at the JCC remembers Israel’s fallen soldiers

Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish LightPublished May 4, 2022

Americans celebrate Memorial Day every year with outdoor family barbecues, concerts and parades. Like the U.S. version, the Israel memorial day, Yom Hazikaron, acknowledges the sacrifice of fallen soldiers, but the occasion is far more solemn. Businesses...

Three generations of Israeli family make a matzah brei you will not want to miss

Three generations of Israeli family make a matzah brei you will not want to miss

Haim Silberstein, Israel21c.orgPublished April 7, 2022

For Passover, ISRAEL21c producer Haim Silberstein begged his mother, Rosie, to share her special family matzah brei recipe with our readers. Haim’s sister, Orna Silberstein, and daughter, Tamar, also joined in the fun. This is nothing like the...

Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg combine Jewish lyrical themes with a pure bluegrass sound as the group Nefesh Mountain. (Courtesy BAM Photography)

Jewish song of the week: ‘Dayeinu’ by Nefesh Mountain

Published April 6, 2022

“Dayeinu” by Nefesh Mountain (JKids Radio) "Pesach time is almost here! If you haven’t heard “Dayeinu” sung bluegrass-style before, then buckle up — Nefesh Mountain is about to rock your Passover! Re-imagining ways to sing the songs and tell...

Joanie Leeds

Jewish Song of the Week: ‘Tikkun Olam’ by Joanie Leeds

Published March 23, 2022

‘Tikkun Olam’ by Joanie Leeds (JKids Radio) “While spring is a hopeful time of year when we often think about improving ourselves, we also can’t forget there’s a lot of work that we all have to do together. This is a GREAT time to teach children...

The annual U.City Purim Reenactment Parade took place on March 17. Photos: Bill Motchan

Video: U. City Purim Parade

Published March 18, 2022
The annual U. City Purim Reenactment Parade made its way through the streets of University City on Purim day (March 17). Video by Bill Motchan, St. Louis Jewish Light
The annual U.City Purim Reenactment Parade took place on March 17. Photos: Bill Motchan

Photo gallery: U. City Purim Parade

Published March 18, 2022

Women working at the stone quarry of Kibbutz Ein Harod in 1941. Photo by Kluger Zoltan/Government Press Office

The women who built Israel with hands and hearts

NAAMA BARAK, Israel21c.orgPublished March 10, 2022

This year, the theme of International Women’s Day is #BreakTheBias. Which is terrific news, as women everywhere still face discrimination and prejudice in matters big and small. In hope for a gender-equal world, we’d like to take a moment to celebrate...

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