When Rabbi David Wallach was looking for an institution to help him become a better Jewish day school teacher, he was frustrated to find that most of the places he researched offered either training in...
The Jewish Federation of St. Louis is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the Stuart I. Pessin Award: Sadie Levy, Chaya Kula, Nash Pratt, and Georgia Bland. Each receives a $1,250 award. The Pessin...
A world-famous Israeli actor spying for the Mossad. Sounds crazy, no?
In news that may either shock you or come as wholly unsurprising, Haaretz reports that Chaim Topol, the star of 1971’s Fiddler...
United Hebrew Cemetery, at 7855 Canton Ave. in University City, has launched its “Remember Their Names” project, a community-wide mitzvah initiative to raise funds to ensure that all buried individuals...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 17, 2023
United Hebrew Congregation hosted the 2023 Yom HaShoah Holocaust remembrance ceremony on April 16. It marked the first in-person gathering since the pre-Covid 2019 Yom HaShoah.
During the ceremony,...
Rick Recht, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published April 16, 2023
This week we observe Yom HaShoah and commemorate the unimaginable amount of lives lost during the Holocaust. The Hannah Senesh poem “Eili, Eili” is a powerful reminder that life goes on, and...
(JTA) — Hillary and Chelsea Clinton have produced a documentary about a Holocaust survivor that will debut on Nine PBS on Tuesday, April 18th at 9 p.m. CST.,timed to Yom Hashoah, or Israel’s Holocaust...
Nancy Kranzberg, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published April 14, 2023
I have been talking to many people in the arts about their specific programs and quite a few bring up their artist-in-residency programs.
Grant Benoit, director of education at Craft Alliance, talked...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 14, 2023
Can you smell the bagels? You should because the day has finally arrived. Lefty's Bagels is officially opening its doors this morning at 7 a.m. This is not a soft opening, as they had on Thursday, April...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 13, 2023
St. Louis resident Rachel Miller, who survived the Holocaust as a hidden child, will be the subject of a segment for the new season of Living St. Louis, which will air on Monday, April 17th at 7 p.m. on...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 13, 2023
Supporting women every day is just part of the shared missions of the National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis, and Procure at City Foundry STL. Procure is a new type of shopping experience that supports...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 12, 2023
As antisemitism continues to rise, we’re faced with a question: How do we support Jewish children and teens when they face antisemitism? That is the question that veteran Jewish broadcast journalist...
