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...
Carol B. Lundgren, Light Executive Editor
• Published April 10, 2024
The following story first appeared in the Jewish Light on Nov. 17, 1982.
Butch Yatkeman was one of the first to enter and one of the last to leave Busch Memorial Stadium for the historic Game Seven...
Anna Goldfarb Shabsin and David Rosenstock, the Bohm Family, Barry Rosenberg and Heather Fleming will be honored at the Jewish Community Relations Council’s (JCRC) 2024 Tzedek Awards on May 21 at the...
BY MEGAN RUBENSTEIN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 9, 2024
Brian Feit is a Parkway Central and Camp Sabra alum, his go-to gift is a tree in Israel and his New York City home is a converted synagogue. He started his company with friends from his Jewish fraternity...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 9, 2024
As Passover draws near this year, Chabad is gearing up to welcome hundreds of attendees to public Passover seders on the first two nights of the holiday— on April 22 and 23.
The...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 9, 2024
Sometimes the most unexpected journeys lead to the most remarkable destinations. For Elana James, hers has beena musical one which began at the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy in Kansas City and now brings...
A good news update on 11-year-old Drew Patchin, who was diagnosed in 2019 with a rare form of brain cancer called Anaplastic ependymoma. After participating in a Car T-cell therapy clinical trial at St....
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 7, 2024
St. Louis University announced Josh Schertz has been hired as its new head coach of the Billikens' men's basketball program.
The former Indiana State coach was a 2024 Red Auerbach Coach of the Year...
By Seth Rogovoy, The Forward
• Published April 7, 2024
Editor’s Note: The original version of this story was published by the Forward Aug. 17, 2017.
While Jewish tradition has long been accepting of the basic scientific explanations for the rules...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 5, 2024
Last Oct. 7, everything changed for Naomi Petel Adler and Mirjam Heutink, two residents of Nahal Oz, a kibbutz less than one mile from Gaza. Both women and their families survived the Hamas attack. They...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 4, 2024
One of the newest residents at The Clover STL apartment community in Olivette is Madam Owlberta Wobblewings. The great horned owl has taken up residence on the balcony of an apartment rented by Jewish...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 3, 2024
The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Lutz Humanitarian Award. This annual tribute is named in honor of the late Holocaust rescuer and former St. Louisan,...