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

St. Louis Jewish Light
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Cheetah quintuplets on June 1, 2025. Photo by Kelsey Thompson/Saint Louis Zoo
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Nik Jakobs holding the Torah donated to him by Temple B’nai Israel in White Oak, Pennsylvania. A moving truck is in the background. Photo by Benyamin Cohen
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Emergency personnel operate after missiles were launched from Iran to Israel, in Haifa, Israel, June 15, 2025. REUTERS/Shir Torem
Fighter jets fly over the Israeli flag on Independence Day celebrations in 1957. The state’s founding a decade earlier was full of fun facts. Photo by Moshe Pridan/Government Press Office
Dave Portnoy on his tirades against ‘F— the Jews’ bar patron: ‘I don’t know if it did any good’
Ultra-Orthodox soldiers of the IDF Hasmonean Brigade attend their swearing-in ceremony on Feb. 27, 2025. Photo by Jonathan Shaul/Flash90.
Greta Thunberg speaking at the press conference. Thunberg is part of the crew of the ship Madleen, headed to Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid on June 01, 2025 in Catania, Italy. (Fabrizio Villa/Getty Images)
Aaron Lansky speaks at a Yiddish Book Center gala, May 4, 2025. (Susan Magnano/Magnanimous Pictures)
Bomb squads set up a staging area following an incident involving multiple injuries that the FBI is investigating as an act of terror on June 1, 2025 in Boulder, Colorado. A suspect is in custody after reportedly throwing an incendiary device at a group participating in an organized walk near the courthouse to show solidarity with hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. (Chet Strange/Getty Images)
Isaac Dechtman of Denver and his parents Evan and Jennifer comfort each other at the Boulder County Courthouse on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, on June 3, 2025, two days after 12 people marching to raise awareness for Israeli hostages in Gaza were injured in a "targeted act of violence" by a man wielding incendiary devices. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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Ultra-Orthodox soldiers of the IDF Hasmonean Brigade attend their swearing-in ceremony on Feb. 27, 2025. Photo by Jonathan Shaul/Flash90. Bomb squads set up a staging area following an incident involving multiple injuries that the FBI is investigating as an act of terror on June 1, 2025 in Boulder, Colorado. A suspect is in custody after reportedly throwing an incendiary device at a group participating in an organized walk near the courthouse to show solidarity with hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. (Chet Strange/Getty Images)Shel Chesky and his daughter Lindsey Hermes
War In Israel
First Haredi IDF unit enters Gaza Strip

JNS Staff | Published June 8, 2025

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Antisemitism
FBI, DHS issue warning of ‘elevated threat’ to Jewish and Israeli communities

Grace Gilson, JTA | Published June 6, 2025

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Local news
From St. Louis with soy: Jewish family mixes faith and science to fix our roads

BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT | Published June 4, 2025

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Opinion
Rabbi Eliezer Finkelstein of Bais Abraham Congregation.
Slippery slope of aging begins with trying to beat the crowd
Isaac Dechtman of Denver and his parents Evan and Jennifer comfort each other at the Boulder County Courthouse on Pearl Street in Boulder, Colorado, on June 3, 2025, two days after 12 people marching to raise awareness for Israeli hostages in Gaza were injured in a "targeted act of violence" by a man wielding incendiary devices. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Israeli politics in an era of polarization: What WashU students have to say