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Kosher and kosher-style bagels in St. Louis: what you need to know

Kosher and kosher-style bagels in St. Louis: what you need to know

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 10, 2025

If you’re a bagel lover in St. Louis, you’ve got plenty of choices. From longtime staples to newer bakeries, the city offers no shortage of fresh, hand-rolled bagels. But for those keeping kosher,...

Bagels and Bliss brings fresh kosher bagels to St. Louis

Bagels and Bliss brings fresh kosher bagels to St. Louis

Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished March 10, 2025

St. Louis’ newest bagel shop is now open. Bagels and Bliss at 8151 Delmar Blvd. in University City, is now selling a variety of freshly baked kosher bagels. Co-owners Giti Fredman and William Goldmeier...

Everything you need to know about this year's 'Purim Parade'

Everything you need to know about this year’s ‘Purim Parade’

Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished March 10, 2025

On a typical afternoon in University City, you don’t generally see a pink and blue shark, Wonder Woman, Popeye, CIA spies and a guy dressed as a Rubik’s Cube walking down the street together. Or Haman...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen before a portrait of Theodor Herzl, known as the "Visionary of the Jewish State" and the founder of modern Zionism in Jerusalem on May 2, 2018.

Voting opens in election for World Zionist Congress, with future of Israel at stake

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished March 10, 2025

Voting opens Monday in an election that gives American Jews a rare chance to directly shape the future of Israel. The U.S. election for seats in the 39th World Zionist Congress will help determine the...

Outside Affton High School.

Affton High School vandalized with hate symbols, but its response was ‘by the book’

By Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 7, 2025

It was the kind of message no school community wants to wake up to. Early Friday morning, Affton High School staff arrived to find swastikas and racist graffiti, including the phrase “wite [sic] power,”...

Sen. Tracy McCreery, D-St. Louis, introduced SB 66, which would eliminate child marriage in Missouri.

Missouri Senate approves child marriage ban, raising minimum age to 18

By Evy Lewis, St. Louis Public Radio & River City Journalism FundPublished March 6, 2025

The Missouri Senate on Thursday gave bipartisan approval to bills that would ban child marriage and discrimination against natural Black hair. The bills passed the Senate by a vote of 32-1, with Sen....

JPro Stl Recognition Event

Cheers to these champions! JPRO STL celebrates its best and brightest!

Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished March 6, 2025

JPRO STL honored professionals who work in organizations that touch the Jewish community at its 20th annual recognition event on Thursday, March 6. A gathering of more than 350 community members thanked...

$23M project to expand Crown Center housing for seniors in need

$23M project to expand Crown Center housing for seniors in need

Published March 6, 2025

Crown Center for Senior Living is embarking on Phase II of its construction project, which will create additional affordable housing for local seniors within its University City campus. Crown Center...

Unleash Your Pen: B'nai Brith is confronting antisemitism with new essay contest

Unleash Your Pen: B’nai Brith is confronting antisemitism with new essay contest

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 6, 2025

B’nai B’rith is inviting current college students to share their personal experiences of antisemitism at their school by entering its 2025 None Shall Be Afraid Essay Contest. Winners...

David Cohen

JCRC appoints new executive director

Published March 5, 2025

The Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (JCRC) has announced that David Cohen will be its next executive director, following a national search. Cohen, a veteran community relations professional...

Susan Polgar, the Jewish grandmaster who made history in St. Louis and shattered chess’s glass ceiling

Susan Polgar, the Jewish grandmaster who made history in St. Louis and shattered chess’s glass ceiling

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished March 5, 2025

Susan Polgar returned to St. Louis on Thursday, March 13, and while it’s been years since she called the city home, it was clear that her legacy here is still strong. Speaking...

The Iftar that brought 200 people of different faiths together

The Iftar that brought 200 people of different faiths together

Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished March 5, 2025

Bill Livingston was ready for the iftar. Livingston, who is Jewish, was a participant in a traditional Ramadan fast-breaking dinner on Tuesday, March 5, at Congregation Shaare Emeth where he is a member....

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