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Brothers Lazaroff to headline two benefit concerts for tornado relief

Brothers Lazaroff to headline two benefit concerts for tornado relief

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished June 4, 2025

The Brothers Lazaroff are playing two special nights at Joe’s Café, 6014 Kingsbury Ave., to raise money for local tornado relief. The June 10 concert features Selector Blvck Spdve while the show on...

Dodi Taylor.

She saw the health crisis no one talks about—then built a Jewish answer

By Kathleen Lees, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 4, 2025

Dodi Taylor, the manager of Jewish community engagement at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, is all about health; she has a master’s degree in nutrition and even teaches yoga.  In addition to her...

Rabbi Janine C. Schloss, Rabbi Educator at Temple Emanuel.

St. Louis rabbi goes West to California

Published June 3, 2025

Rabbi Janine Schloss will be the new associate rabbi/educator at Peninsula Temple Beth El in San Mateo, Calif. beginning July 1. She recently was the rabbi educator at Temple Emanuel in St. Louis.

Shirley Mosinger shows off pieces from her collection of miniature shoes, including high heel erasers (top right), salt-and-pepper-shaker boots (center), a shoe oil lamp (above right) and a 1904 World’s Fair souvenir.

Shirley Mosinger’s collection is a shoe-in

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished June 3, 2025

Like Carrie Bradshaw and Imelda Marcos, I have a not-so-secret weakness for shoes. My budget (and body) might not allow for Christian Louboutin or Jimmy Choo sky-high heels, but somehow my closet is still...

St. Louis Jews celebrate Pride with joy and intention

St. Louis Jews celebrate Pride with joy and intention

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 2, 2025

Across the metro area, the Jewish community is preparing to mark Pride Month with events that celebrate LGBTQ+ identity and affirm inclusive Jewish values. From queer Torah study to community-wide picnics,...

Why the Three Stooges? A very serious conversation with myself.

Why the Three Stooges? A very serious conversation with myself.

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 2, 2025

Editor’s note: No eyes were poked, no one was slapped and nobody’s head got stuck in a vise during this interview. This Thursday, June 5, a local journalist, morning newsletter wrangler and unapologetic...

Dictionary definition of antisemitism.

Antisemitic graffiti found in O’Fallon, Mo., hours before Colorado firebombing

By Kevin Deutsch Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 2, 2025

Antisemitic graffiti was scrawled inside an unoccupied home in O'Fallon, Mo. over the weekend, police said. The Jewish Federation of St. Louis said the graffiti was found at a home construction site...

4,000 years of Jewish history in one hour?

4,000 years of Jewish history in one hour?

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 2, 2025

If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed trying to make sense of Jewish history — from Abraham to Herzl, from Sinai to the state of Israel — you’re not alone. But what if someone promised to cover the biggest...

The campus of Washington University in St. Louis.

WashU stepping up on world stage as antisemitism surges

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 2, 2025

Washington University Chancellor Andrew D. Martin will represent the United States at the AJC-CRIF Forum on Antisemitism in Paris on June 5, joining global academic leaders to address rising antisemitism...

Emily Baker as Heidi. Photo by Patrick Huber

Why “The Heidi Chronicles” still hits hard at the New Jewish Theatre

By Gerry Kowarsky, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 1, 2025

“The Heidi Chronicles” is totally absorbing and delightful in the current production at the New Jewish Theatre. The title character of Wendy Wasserstein’s celebrated play is Heidi Holland....

Angela Sandler and Lisa Litvag—co-owners of Xplor Marketing and The Scout Guide St. Louis

Meet the Jewish duo turning St. Louis branding into a mitzvah

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 30, 2025

What do you get when you mix two Jewish entrepreneurs, a love for local business and a pair of podcast hosts known for eating their way through St. Louis? The newest episode of “Jews in the Lou” dropped...

Yitzhak Rabin, shown in 1975, became prime minister June 3, 1974, less than five months after he was first elected to the Knesset. Photo: Ya’acov Sa’ar, Israeli Government Press Office, CC BY-SA 3.0

This week in Israeli history: May 29-June 4

Published May 29, 2025

May 29, 1979 — Dayan Addresses Peace Process Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan speaks to the Knesset about the events that culminated in the peace treaty Israel and Egypt signed two months earlier. Dayan...

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