The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah begins the night of Dec. 7 and lasts for eight days. If you are in the St. Louis area during the holiday, there will likely be a public menorah lighting near you. The St....

(JTA) – The independent panel that rules on disputes at the world’s largest social media company is taking up two challenged posts about the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, in cases with potential ramifications...

Murray Bresler is the kind of guy who will help people he’s never met. They could be people in St. Louis, in another city or halfway around the world. He’s also the kind of guy who finds a way to help...

The fact the Jewish Light was there in 1992 should not surprise anyone. We have been there and we are here now, but we need your support to ensure that we are here in the future. For...

Jewish Community Center (The J) has named Terri Grossman as its new Chief Program Officer, replacing Craig Neuman who has served in this capacity for nearly 16 years. Grossman will oversee several of the...

At Congregation Temple Israel’s 137th annual meeting, Amy Knoblock-Hahn was elected president of the board of trustees. She is a registered dietitian nutritionist with Whole Food is Medicine and in...

In 1989, comedian Jon Lovitz donned a blue and white fur hat in the role of Hanukkah Harry on “Saturday Night Live.” In the skit’s setup, Santa had taken ill, so Harry stepped in to assist his old...

A large and enthusiastic group of children gathered at the Ladue Crossing Barnes and Noble store on Tuesday, Dec. 5 for Hanukkah storytelling, singing and crafts. The annual tradition is now in its 28th...

The day of Oct. 7th was one that did not play out how I expected. What started off as a normal day for me as Jewish high schooler was flipped on its head when I awoke to the news that Israel was under...

On Tuesday, Oct. 24, motivational speaker and Holocaust survivor Sami Stiegmann visited St. Louis to speak to students and teachers at Ladue Middle School and Ladue Horton Watkins High School.  The event...

On Nov. 14, an estimated 300,000 Jews traveled to Washington, D.C. to support Israel in its war against Hamas, and to condemn Hamas’ egregious attack on Jews—particularly, the kidnapping of Israeli...

It was just an average March morning at Dorris Intermediate School in Collinsville. Elizabeth “Betty” Baumgartner’s sixth-graders were filing back into her room after music class when she saw a...