Nine individuals and one married couple were recognized Tuesday night as the 2023 Jewish Light Unsung Heroes. The 14th annual event took place at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. Unsung Heroes, which began in 2010, shines a light on individuals...

As a young boy growing up in St. Louis, metal sculpture artist Dale Dicker, 74, was surrounded by many family members who survived the Holocaust. His grandfather, Joseph Barg, saw the rise of Nazism early on and successfully got his wife Yetta's family...

As a boy growing up in Israel, Dor Tsadik Osher didn’t think much about having a bar mitzvah. He and his family belong to the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem, a spiritual community based in Dimona, in the Negev desert, that practices a Torah-based...

(JTA) – For the last five years, thousands of Jewish children in Illinois and their families have taken advantage of a state program that lets them defray the cost of private Jewish schools. Now, those families could see their payments rise after...

Nusach Hari B’nai Zion is hosting its 118th Anniversary Dinner on Sunday, Dec. 3 at the Clayton Plaza Hotel. Hors d’oevres will be served at 5:30 p.m., and the dinner and program will begin at 6:30 p.m. The guests of honor are Drs. Jay Pepose and...

As regular readers may remember, I’m a sucker for a good love story. And I was pretty sure I had found one when over lunch earlier this month, my friend Dorothy Firestone happened to mention that she and her husband Billy were getting ready to celebrate...

This story was originally published by the Riverfront Times and is published here with full permission. Read the original story here.  A man who previously worked as a teacher at St. Louis area schools was put on blast this weekend for allegedly...

The fact the Jewish Light was there in 1993 should not surprise anyone. We have been there and we are here now, but we need your support to ensure that we are here in the future. For six decades, the St. Louis Jewish Light...

In 2013, when Rabbi Emeritus Mark Shook of Congregation Temple Israel first became a published author, the title of his novel was "Ezra's Scroll." The book was a story of modern intrigue mixed with ancient tragedy crisscrossing time. Now, a decade...

Since Hamas' attack on Israel, antisemitism is surging across campuses including incidents of violence against Jewish students. While no violence has been reported at Saint Louis University, some Jewish students say they feel uneasy and unsafe on campus. "There...

This week’s “Blast From The Past” photo features some very cute and well-mannered St. Louis preschoolers. The photo appeared on page 15 of the August 2, 1972 issue of the St. Louis Jewish Light with the headline: "Probstein's Visit Camp...

Nearly 500 Israel supporters gathered in Frontier Park in St. Charles on Sunday afternoon, Nov. 19 to call attention to the hostages held by Hamas and demand their safe return. “Bring them home” was the rallying cry at the event, which moved from...