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Student to Student presentation for Nerinx Hall at Congregation Shaare Emeth

How these young Jewish ambassadors transform peers’ views in St. Louis schools

GEORGIA BLAND, JUNIOR, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH SCHOOLPublished June 24, 2024

Changing the community and spreading knowledge one presentation at a time, St. Louis Jewish teens with Student to Student light up classrooms by sharing what it's like to be a Jewish teen growing up in...

Amy Fenster-Brown and friends.

For ‘professional overthinkers,’ choosing a restaurant can feel like solving a Rubik’s Cube

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish LightPublished June 24, 2024

There are three judgments I will make with conviction and confidence that I am right, and you won’t ever be able to change my mind: 1. Listening to music selected by today’s teenagers makes me feel...

Credit: Holocaust Museum Houston

‘600 Butterflies’ project taking flight at Holocaust Museum

Published June 24, 2024

Starting July 1, the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum will begin a new, free art workshop entitled, “600 Butterflies: A Community Tribute to Holocaust Victims.” Butterflies have long been...

All 18 the Israeli children and teens arrived safely in the US

Camp Ben Frankel welcomes 18 Israeli youngsters for summer session

BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEFPublished June 23, 2024

On Sunday, 18 Israeli children began their first American summer camp adventure at Camp Ben Frankel, a Jewish sleepaway camp located in Makanda, Ill., about two hours south of St. Louis. All of these...

First look at the Marilyn Fox Building transformation

First look at the Marilyn Fox Building transformation

Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 23, 2024

The renovation of the Jewish Community Center’s Marilyn Fox Building is underway with significant changes already visible. Those updates will be on display at a donor event on Monday evening, June 24. Construction...

Brian Herstig.

Brian Herstig reflects on tenure as he bids farewell to St. Louis Jewish Federation

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished June 20, 2024

On June 30, Brian Herstig will no longer be Jewish Federation of St. Louis president and CEO. In March, he announced that he was resigning his position so that he and his wife, Barb, and their two young...

Group of Jewish Family Services employees seek to unionize

Group of Jewish Family Services employees seek to unionize

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished June 19, 2024

Workers at Jewish Family Services are trying to form a union, citing a need for improved work conditions and stronger employee protections at the nonprofit social services agency. They are organizing...

Meet Laurie Cohen: Synagogue staffer and style guru

Meet Laurie Cohen: Synagogue staffer and style guru

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished June 19, 2024

As a teen growing up in St. Louis, Laurie Cohen remembers how excited she was when she got to visit family in New York and her uncle would take her to apparel houses in Manhattan’s garment center. There,...

Patty Bloom.

What’s next for Patty Bloom after 21-years at Mirowitz

Published June 19, 2024

After 21 years at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School, Patty Bloom is going out on her own. She was most recently the director of admissions and marketing. BLOOM Strategies for Growing, her new company,...

Andrea Newstead

Andrea Newstead taking on new role at Mirowitz School

Published June 19, 2024

Andrea Newstead has been promoted to director of operations at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School. She was previously the director of technology and will now oversee marketing and communications,...

The campus of Washington University in St. Louis.

Amid rising antisemitism, WashU still standing strong in revised ADL report

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 18, 2024

Since the Anti-Defamation League released its first-ever Campus Antisemitism Report Card in April, universities across the U.S. have experienced a significant increase in antisemitic incidents and hostile...

From left to right: Rev. Traci Blackmon, Maharat Rori Picker Neiss and Americans United for Separation of Church & State CEO Rachel Laser march to the Civil Courts building in St. Louis. (Courtesy of Americans United for Separation of Church & State)

Missouri judge rejects suit by interfaith clergy, including rabbis, that challenged abortion ban

Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAPublished June 17, 2024

(JTA) — A Missouri judge upheld the state’s abortion ban Friday, rejecting efforts by a group of 14 interfaith clergy, including rabbis, who sought to protect reproductive rights by suing the state...

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