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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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Local news
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"October 8" documentary now playing in St. Louis, plays Jewish Film Festival in April
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Team Berg
Spencer Davis Milford as the Emcee and Hailey Medrano as Sally.
Bret and Mary Silverglate
The Missouri State Capitol building on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024.
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World news
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a residential building in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Smoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
US President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi arrive to speak at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on March 14, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Jewish Democrat who is the majority leader, delivers a speech on antisemitism in the U.S. Capitol, Nov. 29, 2023.
L-R: Bruce Pearl, Jon Scheyer, Lindsay Gottlieb and Todd Golden (Getty Images; Scheyer image courtesy of Rabbi Nossen Fellig)
For Rob Kutner, author of ‘The Jews,’ history could have provided Moses with a few more moments of levity. Courtesy of Rob Kutner
The family of Edan Alexander, an American held captive in Gaza, protests for his release in December 2024 in New York City. (Alon Kaplun)
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Jan. 30, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt / AFP via Getty Images)
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Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a residential building in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud IssaSmoke rises during Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on October 31, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)US President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi arrive to speak at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, on March 14, 2025. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
War In Israel
Israel vows to escalate strikes if Hamas refuses to release hostages

JNS Staff | Published March 18, 2025

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War In Israel
Ceasefire ends as Israeli bombs strike Gaza

Ben Sales, JTA | Published March 17, 2025

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War In Israel
US Justice Dept. launches ‘JTF 10-7’ to prosecute Oct. 7 terrorists

By Philissa Cramer, JTA | Published March 17, 2025

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Opinion
Washington Post faces major departures: Is Miss Manners next?"
Letters To The Editor - Jan. 22 Issue
Rabbi Ze'ev Smason
'I live in a Muslim country. Speaking out against antisemitism has left me isolated’