By Philippe and Julie, ilovemahj.com, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published April 16, 2024
It’s every Mah Jongg player's favorite time of the year! The NMJL’s 2024 cards are arriving in mailboxes all over the country, and just when we were all getting comfortable and feeling as though we’d...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 15, 2024
Former Major League Baseball pitcher and St. Louis sports icon Ken Holtzman, who played for five teams, pitched two no-hitters and was a three-time World Series Champion, died Monday, April 15.. He was...
MEGAN RUBENSTEIN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 14, 2024
For the last seven years, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis has brought a group of shinshinim, or young Israeli emissaries, to St. Louis. They share a taste of Israeli culture through their presence in...
(JTA) — Iran launched dozens of drones at Israel, a gambit that may be aimed at swarming Israel’s air defenses. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was ready to strike back, portending...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 12, 2024
Every day, music lovers from 125 countries learn to play jazz piano and other instruments from some of the genre’s top artists. It all happens online through Open Studio Jazz, one of the largest virtual...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 12, 2024
The St. Louis Jewish community has recently welcomed a new addition to its cultural landscape: Moishe House South City.
The new house, or pod as the houses are commonly known,...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 12, 2024
Last week, we introduced the "Owlivette Owls" who took up residence on the balcony outside the Clover STL apartment of Jewish St. Louisans Rebecca and Zach Berg. The great horned owls—named Sir Owlbertson,...
Rabbi Scott Shafrin will assume the role of executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council on April 15. He currently serves as JCRC’s deputy director and is the Lee & Milford Bohm...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 11, 2024
Washington University is being recognized as one of a few American colleges to receive a high grade in combatting antisemitism and protecting Jewish students, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)....
Former U.S. president and presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Wednesday that U.S. President Joe Biden “has totally lost control of the Israel situation.”
“Any...
(New York Jewish Week) — Thirteen men were arraigned on Wednesday for a fracas that broke out over an illegal excavation in January at the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Brooklyn.
The...
A prestigious award given by the University of Missouri to a photojournalist who took an image depicting the half-naked body of Shani Louk, a 22-year-old Israeli murdered by Hamas terrorists at the Nova...
