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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.

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This St. Louis-made kosher bourbon has a backstory — and a bite
Eric Orwoll is co-founder of Return to the Land, which is establishing a segregated community in Arkansas. Courtesy of screenshot from Eric Orwoll Return to the Land video
St. Louis Friends of Israel announces new grant program
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Jewish bikers roar back into St. Louis with tribute for Holocaust education
Jewish fraternity raises $207,000 for cancer research
New Yiddish library launches, includes rare St. Louis treasures
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Elliott Gould never sold out. He stayed Jewish. That matters now.
Security officers surround the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025, following a shooting that left two people dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum the day before. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
Isaac Dechtman of Denver and his parents Evan and Jennifer comfort each other at the Boulder County Courthouse on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, on June 3, 2025, two days after 12 people marching to raise awareness for Israeli hostages in Gaza were injured in a "targeted act of violence" by a man wielding incendiary devices. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., is pictured on July 30, 2024. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Israelis rejoice while awaiting the arrival of the rescued Entebbe hostages at Ben Gurion Airport on July 4, 1976. Photo Ya’acov Sa’ar, Israeli Government Press Office, CC BY-SA 3.0
“Queen Zenobia Addressing Her Soldiers,” oil on canvas, painted by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo between 1725 and 1730. Credit: Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington/Samuel H. Kress Collection.
An Israel Defense Forces facility damaged by arson during a right-wing riot in the Binyamin region of Samaria, June 30, 2025. Credit: IDF.
Members of a diplomatic delegation from the European Union inspect the damage at Kafr Malik village in the occupied West Bank on June 30, 2025, following an attack by Israeli settlers on June 25, 2025 during which three Palestinians were killed. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)
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Security officers surround the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025, following a shooting that left two people dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum the day before. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)An Israel Defense Forces facility damaged by arson during a right-wing riot in the Binyamin region of Samaria, June 30, 2025. Credit: IDF. Members of a diplomatic delegation from the European Union inspect the damage at Kafr Malik village in the occupied West Bank on June 30, 2025, following an attack by Israeli settlers on June 25, 2025 during which three Palestinians were killed. (Zain Jaafar/AFP)
Antisemitism
DHS releases $94 million of security grants for Jewish institutions as remainder of funding stalls

Grace Gilson, JTA | Published June 30, 2025

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War In Israel
PM: Right-wing rioters who damaged IDF facility should face swift punishment

JNS Staff | Published June 30, 2025

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Opinion
D'var Torah: What Jewish resistance looks like
Danny Cohn, Chief Executive Officer of Jewish Federation of St. Louis
A Srebrenica Remembrance commemorative walk was held by Liberty Translations & Interpreters at Roscoe Conkling Park in Utica, NY on Thursday, July 11, 2024.
Vote buttons stack with red and blue colors (Adobe Stock)