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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.

St. Louis Jewish Light

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The grand opening of a new 1904 World’s Fair exhibit.

Honoring the forgotten Jewish legacy at the 1904 World’s Fair as new exhibit opens

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished April 26, 2024

On Saturday, April 27, nearly 120 years after the 1904 World’s Fair opened, a new exhibit commemorating this cornerstone event in St. Louis history will open at the Missouri History Museum. The exhibit features a 1:400 scale model of the fairgrounds,...

A 2017 photo of Art Hill in Forest Park. Photo: Sean - stock.adobe.com

JFed security official: Jewish community may want to steer clear of Art Hill on Saturday

ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFPublished April 25, 2024

Jewish Federation’s Community Security Director Scott Biondo said members of the St. Louis Jewish community may want to stay away from Art Hill in Forest Park on Saturday afternoon, when the Palestine Solidarity Committee convenes its Art Build event...

Feeling stuck this Pesach? Rabbi Rosenberg may have the solution!

Feeling stuck this Pesach? Rabbi Rosenberg may have the solution!

Rabbi Brigitte RosenbergPublished April 24, 2024

Pesach feels different this year. Likely, we are all experiencing a mix of emotions; sad, angry, scared, frustrated, and stuck in place, like it has forever been Oct. 7. We’re supposed to celebrate with joy this festival known, as Zman Cherutaynu, season...

Rabbi Mike Rovinsky, JSU director.

JSU St. Louis finds new digs, set to transform Jewish teen experience

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished April 24, 2024

A new permanent home for JSU (Jewish Student Union) St. Louis is rapidly taking shape in University City. Last October, renovation began on the two-story house at 8037 Delmar Blvd. Completion is expected in August when the new Staenberg Building will...

Last Call: Register now for the ultimate Senior Olympics showdown in St. Louis

Last Call: Register now for the ultimate Senior Olympics showdown in St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished April 24, 2024

Athletes have until May 8 to register for the 44th Annual St. Louis Senior Olympics, set for Memorial Day Weekend.  This year's competition boasts over 90 individual and team events, including some new events to go along with beloved favorites. Contrary...

Pres. George H.W. Bush and Peter Maer during a 1989 Oval Office interview.

Remembering a St. Louis area native’s Yiddish moment with a U.S. president

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished April 22, 2024

As the nation braces for the 2024 presidential election, Jean Becker, former Chief of Staff to President George H.W. Bush, shares reflections on leadership in a new book, "Character Matters: And Other Life Lessons from George...

Dafna Revah, MaryAnn Smyly Sabin and Andrew Goldfeder.

JFed of St. Louis announces ‘2024 Evening of Impact Award’ recipients

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished April 22, 2024

Jewish Federation of St. Louis has announced the award winners to be honored at the 2024 Evening of Impact to be held Thursday, May 9. Dafna Revah and MaryAnn Smyly Sabin have been chosen as the recipients of the 2024 David N. and Roselin Grosberg Young...

PHOTOS: The Passover Project is the musical seder sensation of the future

PHOTOS: ‘The Passover Project’ is the musical seder sensation of the future

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished April 19, 2024

The Jewish Light's first ever “The Passover Project: A Musical Seder” was a sold out masterpiece of creativity. With more than 300 tickets sold, the audience packed the City Winery St. Louis at the City Foundry in Midtown for a night of music, featuring...

Rabbi Jeffrey Gale

Rabbi Jeffrey Gale to discuss new book at U. City Library

Published April 18, 2024

From 7 to 8 p.m. on Monday, May 6 author Rabbi Jeffrey Gale will discuss his new book, “The Secret of Redemption.” This book is the sequel to the author’s first book, “The Ballad of East and West,” which tells the story of Rabbi Isaac Levin’s...

Marilen Pitler holds her special seder plate.

Unveiling the some of the quirkiest seder traditions in St. Louis

BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN & BILL MOTCHAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished April 17, 2024

No doubt when Passover begins at sundown Monday, April 22, thousands of St. Louis Jewish families will be marking the holiday with a seder that evening and possibly the next during the eight-day holiday. Just as likely as the seder itself is having a...

MATZA MIA: Six13s Passover parody is the matzah ball of musical mashups!

“MATZA MIA: Six13’s Passover parody is the matzah ball of musical mashups!

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished April 17, 2024

Just in time for the first night of Passover, Jewish a cappella group Six13 dropped their latest musical parody video - MATZA MIA! If the title doesn't jump out at you, it's a not to the legendary Swedish quartet ABBA, who rocked the world of disco...

Zachary Miller

Zachary Millner, NYU freshman, Clayton alum gets work displayed in New York exhibit

Published April 17, 2024

While a student at Clayton High School, Zachary Millner had two pieces of artwork chosen for the digital 2023 AP Art & Design Exhibit, which is currently online to view. His portfolio was one of 50 chosen out of the 70,000 submitted internationally....

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