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

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Actress Niv Sultan portrays an Israeli spy on the hit series Tehran. Courtesy of Apple TV+
Security and rescue forces work on the remains of the bus destroyed by a suicide bomber in Haifa on Dec. 2, 2001. By Moshe Milner, Israeli Government Press Office, CC BY-SA 3.0
Longtime B’nai B’rith lodge in St. Louis closes
Molly Picon (right) as Yente the Matchmaker in the 1971 film Fiddler on the Roof (via Digital Yiddish Theatre Project).
Ellen Schapiro
Wendy Flusser.
This special "Meet Me in St. Louis" reunion is 80 years in the making!
Todd Siwak
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World news
Israeli soldiers seen at a staging area near the Israeli border with Lebanon, Oct. 1, 2024.
Sharona Dahan cooks at Asif in Tel Aviv, in a rare respite from takeout nearly a year after being evacuated from her home in Sderot, October 2024. (Deborah Danan)
Since the United Arab Emirates made peace with Israel four years ago, Dubai has become an increasingly popular travel destination for Jews. (Envato)
Justin Trudeau condemns antisemitism after Montreal pro-Palestinian protest where Netanyahu is burned in effigy
Rabbi Zvi Kogan is pictured in an undated photo distributed by Chabad. In background: The Jewish Community Center of the UAE hosts Yom Kippur prayers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 15, 2021 (Andrea DiCenzo/Getty Images)
"Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down)," by painter Jean-Léon Gérôme. (Public domain)
Holocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck sits in a Berlin courtroom, Nov. 17, 2020. (Paul Zinken/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Pam Bondi, former attorney general of Florida, arrives to the Fiserv Forum on the second day of Republican National Convention, Milwaukee, July 16, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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World news
Three arrested in the murder of Chabad rabbi in United Arab Emirates

Philissa Cramer, JTA | Published November 24, 2024

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JPop Culture
11 thrillifying Jewish facts about ‘Wicked’

By Avital Dayanim | Published November 21, 2024

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Opinion
Election 2024: How should we respond?
Michelle Weltman, Rabbi Lane Steinger, Esther Weltman and Joel Weltman participate in Friday night services at Temple Israel of Godfrey, Ill.
How do I get this pushy synagogue board member to leave me alone?
What Christian nationalism could have in store for Jews