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JFS workers form two union units in close vote

JFS workers form two union units in close vote

ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFPublished July 8, 2024

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...

Andy Cohen (right) with his parents Lou and Evelyn Cohen

Andy Cohen honors strong Jewish women, including his St. Louis mom, in heartfelt speech

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished 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...

St. Louis county prosecutor Wesley Bell speaks at a Salvation Army community fair in St. Louis, June 4, 2024. (Via Facebook)

Clergy Call To Action- Let’s seize the moment and get Wesley Bell to Washington

Published July 8, 2024

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...

St. Louis family fights to reclaim art stolen by the Nazis decades ago

St. Louis family fights to reclaim art stolen by the Nazis decades ago

By Dale Singer, Special to the Jewish LightPublished 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,...

Yitzhak Yifat (center) and other Israeli paratroopers reach the Western Wall in Jerusalem, June 7, 1967. Photo by David Rubinger/GPO.

Paratrooper at center of iconic Six-Day War photo dead at 81

David Issac, JNSPublished July 7, 2024

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...

Rob Aronson and Lucy Greenbaum

St. Louis musicians featured in new edition of iconic Jewish songbook

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished 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....

"Spring"

St. Louis artist unleashes a stunning visual surprise at Midtown Alley

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished 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...

176 gravestones were knocked over in two Jewish cemeteries in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 1, 2024.

176 Jewish gravestones vandalized at 2 Cincinnati cemeteries

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished July 2, 2024

(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...

How we're transforming early childhood Jewish education

How we’re transforming early childhood Jewish education

Published July 2, 2024

As a way to address the critical shortage of early childhood education teachers, Jewish Federation of St. Louis has joined the second cohort of cities to roll out ElevatEd, an initiative working to transform...

Rep. Cori Bush, a Missouri Democrat, joins university union representatives and  other lawmakers at a press conference to advocate for the protection of free speech on campuses, at the U.S. Capitol, May 23, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Pro-Israel donors pivot focus to unseat Cori Bush in Missouri

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished July 2, 2024

WASHINGTON — Less than two days after AIPAC spent $14 million in a successful bid to send Rep. Jamaal Bowman packing in New York, the pro-Israel powerhouse texted a message to its followers: Their next...

A first Look at St. Louis' coolest Jewish festival this fall

A first Look at St. Louis’ coolest Jewish festival this fall

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished July 1, 2024

Get ready, St. Louis. The much-anticipated Sababa Jewish Arts & Culture Festival is back, and it’s set to light up Washington University on Sept. 29. Organized by the...

Popular "Held" Podcast takes center stage at Nishmah Women’s Retreat

Popular “Held” Podcast takes center stage at Nishmah Women’s Retreat

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished July 1, 2024

In the ancient wisdom of the Torah, the phrase na’ashe v’nishmah – "We will do and we will hear" – captures a deep commitment to action and understanding. This timeless principle, which also inspires...

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