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Mark Wilf and Gov. Mike Parson.

Gov. Parson, Jewish NFL owner discuss survival of Israel in St. Louis

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished February 7, 2024

  The survival of Israel is critically important to the United States. That was a key message from a conversation between Missouri Governor Mike Parson and Mark Wilf, owner and president of...

Maxine Clark.

Maxine Clark continues anchoring entrepreneurial growth in St. Louis

Published February 6, 2024

Maxine Clark, founder and former CEO of St. Louis-based Build-A-Bear Workshop Inc., has joined the board of Venture for America. This national entrepreneurship group places recent college graduates...

Yakir Hexter (on right) walks with his best friend, Dovid Schwartz, to a wedding. Both men, who were 26, died together Jan. 8 in a grenade attack during intense fighting in southern Gaza.

Best friends, IDF buddies leave honorable legacy

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished February 6, 2024

Tall, lean and ever so handsome, Yakir Hexter had all the right moves, especially when it came to “popping and locking.”  To be honest, I wasn’t quite sure what popping and locking looked like...

Jewish day school students from St. Louis traveled to Jefferson City to show their support during a hearing for a pro-Israel resolution.

Pro-Israel resolution’s hearing at Missouri Capitol draws strong turnout from Jewish students 

Story and photos By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished February 6, 2024

JEFFERSON CITY — A Missouri House of Representatives committee on Feb. 6 held a hearing on a pro-Israel resolution. Nearly 120 supporters of the resolution attended the hearing, including 100 students...

Senior Olympics adds 3 events that hoopers, golfers and strong people will love

Senior Olympics adds 3 events that hoopers, golfers and strong people will love

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished February 5, 2024

For the past 43 summers in St. Louis, thousands of athletes aged 50 and over have competed in more than 90 events as part of the St. Louis Senior Olympics. This year, the 44th annual event is adding three...

License to Kvetch: 93-year-old's Infiniti spreads our kind of Yiddish humor!

License to Kvetch: 93-year-old’s Infiniti spreads our kind of Yiddish humor!

Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished February 5, 2024

Walter Weiss is used to strangers noticing his car. His gray Infiniti bears a license plate that reads MZL-TOV. “It seemed like a good idea to get the plates,” said Weiss, 93. “Everybody asks...

Rabbi Josh Warshawsky

International musician, rabbi bringing the magic of Jewish music to St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished February 5, 2024

Music has played a significant role in Jewish life since ancient times and continues to be a crucial component of both religious and cultural experiences. Today, there is no shortage of what can be called...

Iconic Jewish singer playing eight cities for the last time, starting with St. Louis

Iconic Jewish singer playing eight cities for the last time, starting with St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished February 5, 2024

He writes the songs that make the whole world sing and now for the final time, Barry Manilow will perform those songs for a St. Louis audience. Manilow has announced that after celebrating his 81st...

New Jewish Theatre earns 24 St. Louis Theatre Honors' nominations

New Jewish Theatre earns 24 St. Louis Theatre Honors’ nominations

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished February 4, 2024

The St. Louis Theatre Circle announced their 2024 Nominations on Friday and The New Jewish Theatre’s production of "Into the Woods" was among the top local productions with 11 nominations, including...

Thousands of New Yorkers convene at the "No Hate. No Fear" solidarity march against anti-Semitism in January 2020. The march followed a year in which attacks against Jews spiked.

How St. Louisans can become ‘active allies’ in the fight against hate and bigotry

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished February 1, 2024

  In response to the overwhelming increase of antisemitic incidents in the United States since the Hamas attack in Israel on Oct. 7, the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is launching...

Hamas weaponry confiscated and displayed by the Israel Defense Forces, Oct. 15, 2023. Credit: IDF.

St. Louisans invited to unmask Hamas and its shocking origins and ideology

,Published February 1, 2024

October 7, 2023, changed the Jewish world. Now, more than 117 days later we have the opportunity to understand and unravel the historical roots of Hamas, shedding light on its ideology and its impact...

The lobby of the 21c Museum Hotel St. Louis.

Why St. Louis is shining on the global art hotel stage

Nancy Kranzberg, Special To The Jewish LightPublished January 31, 2024

There are hotels all over the world famous for their art collections. Some of these collections boast mostly contemporary works while others feature works from many different time periods going back to...

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