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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Phyllis Ruth Goodfriend
Phyllis Ruth Goodfriend

Phyllis Ruth Goodfriend (nee Papier) passed away peacefully in St. Louis, MO, on January 12, 2025. She leaves behind her beloved husband of 72 years, Herb; her sons Howard (Helen Anderson) and Bill...

Irwin S. Loiterstein
Irwin S. Loiterstein

Irwin S. Loiterstein, January 9, 2025 Beloved husband of Sherre Loiterstein; dear father and father-in-law of David Loiterstein and Paul Loiterstein (Denise); dear grandfather of Kayla Weston, Leona,...

Mayer Levy, Jr.
Mayer Levy, Jr.

Mayer Levy, Jr., December 15, 2024 Dear husband to the late Patricia Levy of 69 years, father and father-in-law to Kenneth Levy (Becky), Daniel Levy (Jo Ellen) and the late Michael Jay Levy; grandfather...

Joyce Levine Jacobs
Joyce Levine Jacobs

Joyce Levine Jacobs of St. Louis died peacefully on Friday, January 3, 2025. Joyce is survived by her three sons, Robert L. (Emily) Rosenfeld, Jr. and Thomas P. Rosenfeld of St. Louis, and Michael...

Stanley W. Bayersdorfer
Stanley W. Bayersdorfer

Stanley W. Bayersdorfer, 96, passed away peacefully in Louisville, KY on January 5, 2025. He was born in Steubenville, OH and grew up in Louisville where he was a member of Castlewood Athletic...

Marcia Sandra Tash
Marcia Sandra Tash

Marcia Sandra Tash, January 8, 2025 Beloved wife of Melvin Tash for 52 years; Loving step-mother to Harriet Tash and Ted (Marri) Tash; Sister of the late Beryle Faier. Fran Hoffman and Ed Stein and...

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Allen D. Warth

Allen D. Warth, January 9, 2025 Beloved husband of the late Carol Warth; dear father of Howard Warth, Barbara Weisman (Leo), and Steven Warth (Deanna); dear grandfather and great-grandfather; dear son...

Claire Huber
Claire Huber

Claire Huber, January 1, 2025 Beloved wife of the late Robert Huber. Loving mother of Daniel (Steven Miller) Huber. Dear sister of the late Irwin “Irv” Rosen. Beloved daughter of the late Albert...

Edward Marshall Rosen
Edward Marshall Rosen

Edward Marshall Rosen, Ph.D., January 28, 1930 – January 6, 2025 Edward passed away peacefully with family by his side in Durham, North Carolina. Beloved husband of Sharon Kirsch; dear...

Bruce Fleissig
Bruce Fleissig

Bruce Fleissig, August 21, 1953 – January 3, 2025 Bruce “Fly” Fleissig passed away too early on January 3, 2025, at age 71, from complications following surgery.  He was born on Aug. 21, 1953,...

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Lois Carol Alper

Lois Carol Alper passed away peacefully on January 6, 2025, at the age of 87. Born on June 28, 1937, in Newark, New Jersey, Lois lived a life devoted to her family, friends, and community. Lois never met...

French far-right party Front National founder and honorary president Jean-Marie Le Pen looks on at the foot of a statue of Joan of Arc during the party's annual rally in honour of Joan of Arc in Paris, May 1, 2015. (Thomas Samson/AFP/Getty Images)
Convicted French Holocaust denier Jean-Marie Le Pen is dead

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the far-right French leader who espoused racist and antisemitic rhetoric and was convicted of Holocaust denial, has died at 96. His death was announced on social media by Jordan Bardella,...

Ivan Irl Schenberg
Ivan Irl Schenberg

Ivan Irl Schenberg, January 4, 2025. Beloved husband of Adele Schenberg (nee Ginsberg) for 61 years, proud father of David L. (Tami) Schenberg and Micki (Mike) Wochner, adoring PaPa to Araia Wochner,...

Agnes Keleti performs a split in front of Hungarian young gymnasts Budapest on January 16, 2016. (Peter Kohalmi/AFP/Getty Images)
Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who won 10 Olympic gymnastics medals, dies at 103

As a teenager, Agnes Keleti’s athletic pursuits were interrupted by the Nazis, who murdered her father along with more than 500,000 other Hungarian Jews. As a centenarian, she became a global sensation...

Sheldon Sandmel
Sheldon Sandmel

Sheldon Sandmel, December 29, 2024 Sheldon Sandmel passed peacefully during the early hours of December 29, 2024. He was the beloved husband of the late Michele "Mickey" Sandmel; dear father...

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Sheri Rentchler

Sheri Rentchler (nee Guller) died December 29, 2024. Daughter of the late Edward Guller, late Barbara Guller, and late Bernice Guller. Beloved wife of the late Lenard Rentchler, who passed away in...

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Bernadine Kahn

Bernadine Kahn, December 28, 2024 Beloved wife of the late Myron E. Kahn. Dear mother of the late David (Barbara) Kahn, Elaine (Leslie) Zigler and Hilton (Linda) Kahn. Loving grandmother of Devon (Kevin)...

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, U.S. President Jimmy Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin shaking hands at the conclusion of the Camp David Peace Accords signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 17, 1978. (Wikimedia Commons)
Jimmy Carter, former president who brokered first Arab-Israeli peace accord, is dead at 100

WASHINGTON (JTA) – Jimmy Carter, the one-term president who brokered the historic Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt but earned pariah status in some corners of the Jewish community for his...

Kenneth Balk
Kenneth Balk

Kenneth Balk passed away on December 26, 2024. He was the son of the late Max and the late Esther Balk; beloved husband of Susan Margolis Winter Balk and the late Harriet Balk; dear father of Mindy...

Marcus Tufts Cohn
Marcus Tufts Cohn

Marcus Tufts Cohn, October 14, 1940 – December 21, 2024 Beloved son of the late Charmian (Edlin) and Waldo E. Cohn and son-in-law of the late Denora (Yedlin) and Ben Friedman. Dear husband,...

Loretta Rose Rifkin
Loretta Rose Rifkin

Loretta Rose Rifkin (10/11/21), lover of unicorns and all things Frozen, passed away on 12/20/24 after a seven-month long battle with a rare type of Medulloblastoma. She was just two months past her...

Edward Balk
Edward Balk

Edward Balk, 96, 9/16/28 - 12/24/24 Edward Balk, son of the late Eva and Jack Balk, beloved husband for 62 years of the late Rita Balk, brother of the late Noma (the late Arthur) Simon. Brother-in-law...

Jerome J. Sincoff
Jerome J. Sincoff

Jerome J. Sincoff, November 7, 1933 – December 18, 2024 Jerome J. Sincoff, FAIA, passed away on December 18, 2024. A lifelong resident of St. Louis, he was the son of the late Elma and the late...

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Michael David Moss

Michael David Moss, 2/10/40 – 12/16/24 Son of the late Morris Moss and the late Gina (Harrison) Moss; Brother of the late Deborah Weber (the late Stanley); Hershey Moss (Susan); Leslie Moss (Sandra);...

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