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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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The Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ Israel and Overseas Committee at Nachal Oz with photos of the two hostages taken from Nachal Oz. Both are back safe with their families.
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Nick Fuentes sits down for an interview with Tucker Carlson, Oct. 28, 2025. (Screenshot)
Hateful antisemitic graffiti reading “F*ck Jews” is seen scrawled across a Brooklyn sidewalk along Atlantic Avenue near Smith Street on Nov. 14, 2025 before city sanitation crews removed it overnight, prompting condemnation from New York political leaders. Source: @LincolnRestler/X.
Bloomington, Indiana, USA - March 21, 2016: Daytime view of the The Sample Gates, entrance to Indiana University from Kirkwood Ave
Adolf Hitler in Nuremberg, Germany in 1935. (API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
Michael Smuss, the last remaining Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter, died on Oct. 21, 2025 at 99. (Wikimedia Commons)
Reuters journalist Raneen Sawafta is moved by medics following an Israeli settlers attack, near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 8, 2025. REUTERS/Nidal Eshtayeh
Fran Drescher speaks along with Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine at a SAG-AFTRA rally in New York City, Aug. 1, 2023.
Zohran K. Mamdani, campaigning for New York City mayor, speaks during the Jews for Racial and Economic Justice's Mazals Gala, Sept. 10, 2025. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)
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Bloomington, Indiana, USA - March 21, 2016: Daytime view of the The Sample Gates, entrance to Indiana University from Kirkwood AveAdolf Hitler in Nuremberg, Germany in 1935. (API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)Michael Smuss, the last remaining Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter, died on Oct. 21, 2025 at 99. (Wikimedia Commons)
Bloomington, Indiana, USA - March 21, 2016: Daytime view of the The Sample Gates, entrance to Indiana University from Kirkwood Ave
Indiana University Jewish studies shakeup sparks major backlash over Israel

By Arno Rosenfeld, The Forward

Published November 13, 2025

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Adolf Hitler in Nuremberg, Germany in 1935. (API/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
What Hitler’s DNA reveals, and what the documentary says it can’t explain

Philissa Cramer, JTA

Published November 13, 2025

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Michael Smuss, the last remaining Warsaw Ghetto Uprising fighter, died on Oct. 21, 2025 at 99. (Wikimedia Commons)
As Holocaust survivors memories fading, the last uprising fighter dies at 99

Grace Gilson, JTA

Published November 13, 2025

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Opinion
Rabbi Eliezer Finkelstein of Bais Abraham Congregation.
Rabbi Jim Bennett of Congregation Shaare Emeth.
Moments of grace: A Jewish journey toward righteousness and peace”
Rabbi Amy Feder