Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 4, 2023
The fact the Jewish Light was there in 1964 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...
BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published December 4, 2023
First things first, our apologies. Yes, we know Hanukkah is just a couple of days away. But two weeks ago, we were cleaning up from Thanksgiving instead of shopping, though I suppose this year isn’t...
BY GERRY KOWARSKY, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 4, 2023
The New Jewish Theater is taking the unusual step of presenting “Into the Woods” in the round. The production is extraordinarily involving in the intimate setting of the Jewish Community Center’s...
By Yulia Karra, Israel 21c
• Published December 3, 2023
Six years ago, Rabbi Yigal Levinstein, who is no stranger to controversy, made headlines for lambasting the Israel Defense Forces over its continued mandatory draft of women.
Levinstein, who founded...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 3, 2023
The annual Home Depot Menorah Experience was held Sunday, Dec. 3 at the Brentwood location of the hardware chain.
More than 300 attendees built menorahs from scratch to take home. Now in its 10th year,...
Area lawyers who have been chosen for inclusion in the 2024 edition of “The Best Lawyers in America” and/or “Missouri Super Lawyers 2023” publications include: David Lacks (Law Offices of David...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 3, 2023
Delmar Hall in the University City Loop on Saturday, Dec. 2 was the scene of a packed house for the 13th annual Hanukkah Hullaballoo music extravaganza.
The Brothers Lazaroff and friends offered up...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 3, 2023
As we approach this year's Hanukkah celebration, which begins Dec. 7, Chabad urges the community to embrace their Jewish heritage in a big way. Big in the form of a new public...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published December 3, 2023
(JTA) — Attend or watch footage of a campus pro-Palestinian demonstration these days and you are likely to see someone carrying a sign reading “Decolonization is not a metaphor.” Almost immediately...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published November 30, 2023
The fact the Jewish Light was there in 1984 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...
Former St. Louisan Linda Fine Hunt has published a Jewish historical fiction book, “Particular Place and People.”
The book recounts a quirky, bold Jewish girl growing up in University City from 1954...
ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published November 30, 2023
Congregation Temple Israel’s Rabbi Michael Alper has been promoted to senior rabbi alongside his wife, Rabbi Amy Feder.
Feder has served as the synagogue’s senior rabbi since 2010 with support from...