Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 10, 2024
The next CEO of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis will need to hit the ground running and inspire the organization to meet new challenges. Federation’s search committee is working diligently to identify...
Kohn’s Kosher Meat and Deli, the only free-standing full-service kosher grocery in St. Louis, has closed its doors. A note released on Tuesday, July 9, by the Vaad Hoeir of St. Louis, which provides...
Stacy Stahl and her company, Sweeter Cards, won the Promotional Products Association International competition, the Pitch.
It is a greeting card and gourmet chocolate bar all in one.
Stahl is currently...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published July 9, 2024
Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley made waves this week with a bold endorsement of Christian nationalism during his speech at the National Conservatism Conference on Monday....
Workers at Jewish Family Services voted last week to join Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 6400 as Jewish Family Services Workers United (JFSWU). The vote to unionize will affect about 29...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published July 8, 2024
Bravo channel host and producer Andy Cohen, a proud St. Louis native and Clayton High grad, has always celebrated both his St. Louis roots and Jewish heritage...
With a month to go until the MO-01 primary, we, rabbis and cantors from across the Jewish spectrum, write once again, in our personal, private capacities, with a clear and unified message: Let’s get...
By Dale Singer, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 8, 2024
ST. LOUIS — When Vera Emmons was growing up in suburban Chicago, the topic of family art treasures stolen by the Nazis was hardly at the forefront of her life.
She knew her mother, Gerda Nothmann,...
The central figure in an iconic 1967 photograph of three paratroopers at the liberated Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem died on Saturday. Yitzhak Yifat was 81.
Yifat, 24 at the time the...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published July 7, 2024
Picture this: It’s a beautiful evening at Camp Sabra. Kids are gathered around a campfire, song leaders are strumming guitars, and everyone is belting out tunes with infectious enthusiasm....
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published July 6, 2024
Midtown Alley, one of St. Louis’s most dynamic creative districts, is showcasing two new vibrant murals, one of which is by local Jewish artist Edo Rosenblith. He recently unveiled "Spring" on the...
(JTA) — Vandals in Cincinnati damaged or knocked over 176 gravestones at two historic Jewish cemeteries over the course of the past week.
A joint statement from the local Jewish federation, Jewish...