Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 25, 2025
A Chesterfield man with a history of violence and stalking is now facing new charges after reportedly contacting and attempting to access several Jewish institutions in St. Louis County.
Coordinated...
By Jacob Kornbluh, The Forward
• Published April 24, 2025
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A Trump-nominated prosecutor facing congressional scrutiny over past...
BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published April 24, 2025
Philip Fishman has a thing for coincidences. Sometimes he seeks them out—especially when he’s writing historical fiction novels. Other times, they find him. You decide which this is.
When Fishman...
At a time of heightened antisemitism and anti-Israel sentiment, American Jews have been voting in record numbers in an election that will help determine how billions of dollars in Israel-related funding...
When Argentina’s president Javier Milei was named in mid-January as the recipient of this year’s Genesis Prize, it marked the first time the $1 million annual award, sometimes called the “Jewish...
Maddison Spiegel of Westchester County, New York, had tried for years to go on a Birthright trip to Israel but somehow it never happened.
The first time she was supposed to go the COVID-19 pandemic...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 23, 2025
It’s every Mah Jongg player’s favorite time of the year! The NMJL’s 2025 cards are arriving in mailboxes all over the country, and just when we were all getting comfortable and feeling as though...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 23, 2025
Ian Kinsler didn’t just wear the jersey—he helped make history in it. In 2021, the former Mizzou Tiger and four-time MLB All-Star suited up for Team Israel at the Tokyo Olympics, where the squad became...
By Kathleen Lees, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 23, 2025
Brothers Tom and Rick Pernikoff have been playing music together since they were children—a fascination that grew from driving in the car with their mother, who cranked up Motown on the radio, to learning...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 23, 2025
A powerful night of resilience, reflection and healing is coming to St. Louis. On April 28, just two days before Israel’s official day of remembrance, the local community will hear directly from Deborah...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 22, 2025
For Dafna Revah and David Palatnik, entrepreneurship has always been about more than profit. The Jewish couple—best known for founding CBD Kratom and growing it into a national retail brand—has long...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 22, 2025
In the span of one week this spring, two St. Louis area schools were defaced with swastikas and white supremacist slogans. The antisemetic and racist graffiti—spray-painted on Affton High School and...