Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 20, 2023
Whether you're discovering Judaism for the first time or need a good refresher, an introduction to Judaism course is a welcoming way to explore Jewish history, holidays, life cycle moments and a way of living.
"Our tradition teaches that...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 19, 2023
When it's time to "spring" our clocks forward, that means winter is officially over, or at least when it comes to our Winter Soup series. So, here is our last recipe for the winter. We'll pick this up again in the fall.
If you have a recipe you would...
At its recent annual meeting, United Hebrew Congregation honored Suzy Weber with the Irene Fox United Hebrew Ruach Award. This award is presented to members who embody the spirit of UH. Weber is a music and Hebrew teacher at the Saul Spielberg Early...
Louis Keene, The Forward
• Published December 19, 2023
Missouri’s attorney general race is an unusually Jewish one: Will Scharf, a Republican former prosecutor trying to unseat incumbent Republican Andrew Bailey, wraps tefillin every day; Elad Gross, a Jewish former assistant attorney general on the other...
After nearly a year of apparent Jew-hatred abstinence in public, the rapper Kanye West (who goes by Ye) is back to spreading lies and conspiracy theories, including antisemitic ones.
“Jesus Christ, Hitler, Ye. Third Party. Sponsor that,” the rapper...
The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum announced Dr. Michael Berenbaum as the keynote speaker for the 2024 Rachel Miller Lecture, in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Dr. Berenbaum will give a timely lecture entitled, “The World...
By Bill Motchan and Ellen Futterman
• Published December 18, 2023
As we close out 2023, three women will close out their careers at St. Louis Jewish institutions. Nikki Goldstein, a member of Traditional Congregation, will be leaving the Gladys and Henry Crown Center for Senior Living after 23 years as executive director....
Sheilah Gross was recently honored by Shaving Israel at a program and brunch held at Traditional Congregation. She was recognized for her many years of support and as a long-time volunteer and fundraiser.
Shaving Israel educates U.S. citizens about...
ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published December 17, 2023
At least seven synagogues in the St. Louis region received threatening emails Sunday morning warning of explosives planted in their facilities, though none proved to be credible, according to Scott Biondo, community security director at Jewish Federation...
(JTA) — Guy Stern, a German Jewish refugee who was one of the last known surviving members of the celebrated World War II military intelligence unit known as the “Ritchie Boys” and who became an accomplished Holocaust scholar after the war, died...
The fact the Jewish Light was there in 1979 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 has...
It was a happy sixth night of Hanukkah in downtown St. Louis at the 29-foot-tall menorah.
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones declared Dec. 12, “A Day Of Light And Jewish Pride" in the city of St. Louis, and joined Chabad’s regional director Rabbi...
