BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published May 19, 2024
Camp Ben Frankel has launched an emergency fundraising campaign to try to bring up to 17 Israeli children affected by the events of Oct. 7th to the camp this summer. The Jewish sleepover camp is located...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published May 19, 2024
The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is now offering free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families for the entire summer. This initiative is part of the museum's participation...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 15, 2024
A special night of comedy, food and fellowship is coming up June 10 at The Factory in Chesterfield. The Men’s Event is being planned by Jewish Federation to bring together a wide cross-section of...
By Seth Rogovoy, The Forward
• Published May 15, 2024
Do you hear that? What’s that buzzing noise?
If you live between Tennessee and New York — especially if you live in Ohio, Maryland, or the Virginias — and if it’s mid-to-late May or June,...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 15, 2024
Kindergarten students at United Hebrew Congregation learned the Hebrew song “L'Dod Mosha Hayta Chava” on Monday, May 13. The English version is “Uncle Moshe Had a Farm” and it is nearly identical...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published May 14, 2024
The St. Louis Yom Haatzmaut Israel Independence Day gathering was held Tuesday evening, May 14 at the Chesterfield Amphitheatre.
A festive crowd of more than 300 enjoyed music, food, games and fellowship...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published May 14, 2024
Jordan Kadosh, regional director of ADL Heartland based in St. Louis, is just one of 26 emerging leaders in our region to be selected to a join Leadership Missouri, a program designed to expand participants...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published May 14, 2024
The St. Louis Jewish community has been blessed with a host of benefactors, who through the years demonstrated the art of tzedakah in multiple ways. Names such as I.E. Millstone, Thomas R. Green, Morris...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 14, 2024
A St. Louis area nursing school ranked No. 1 this year by “Nursing Schools Almanac” bears the name of a man who was a philanthropist, entrepreneur and leader in the Jewish community. That man was Alvin...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published May 13, 2024
An amazing thing happened to the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (JCRC) team at last week's GIVE STL trivia event at The Armory. They won and won big!
"The Nonprofit Night at the Armory"...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published May 13, 2024
In his new book, “The Anxious Generation” Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s writes about how spending time on smartphones and the popularity of social media apps affects teenagers mental health....
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sai Varshith Kandula, the Chesterfield man who last May flew from St. Louis to Washington D.C., rented a U-Haul truck, and drove it into White House security barriers while displaying...