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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.

St. Louis Jewish Light
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Rabbi Yankel Oster and Head coach Josh Schertz of the Saint Louis University Billikens men's basketball team.
Life behind the wire: How Axis prisoners of war worked Missouri farms during WWII
Katrina Lantos Swett
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World news
In ‘The Order,’ starring Marc Maron and Jude Law enters the heart of white nationalist darkness
Max Fried entered the 2024 MLB offseason as one of the top free agents on the market. (Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images)
Polish and German police officers inspect the papers of a Jewish pedestrian, Warsaw, 1941.
What is a donor advised fund? The financial tool that changes everything
Israeli troops cross into Syrian side of border buffer zone after Bashar Assad’s ouster
"Oy, Santa" is among the Hanukkah children's books that also deal with Christmas that have come out in 2024. (Collage by Joseph Strauss)
Israel’s military admits helmets and body armor may be unsafe
This handout photo provided by SpaceX and Polaris on Sept. 15, 2024, shows Jared Isaacman, mission commander, stepping out of the manned Polaris Dawn mission's "Dragon" capsule after it splashed down off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, after completing the first human spaceflight mission by non-government astronauts of the Polaris Program. (Polaris Program/AFP via Getty Images)
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Sports
Jewish ace Max Fried signs record-breaking contract with the New York Yankees

Jacob Gurvis, JTA | Published December 10, 2024

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Commentary
Hope grows in the legend of the Siteman poinsettias

BY GAIL APPLESON | Published December 10, 2024

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Opinion
Portrait of Rabbi Josef Davidson
Hope grows in the legend of the Siteman poinsettias
Jacob’s Ladder and Your Daily Climb: Finding Faith in Unexpected Places
Jewish Jokes: Did you hear one that Paul Reiser told?