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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

The Morning Light

The Jewish Book Festival is back and this year it doesn’t end in November

The Jewish Book Festival is back and this year it doesn’t end in November

By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 21, 2025

It’s the season book lovers have been waiting for: the annual St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is back, Nov. 2–9, for a week’s worth of author, pre- and post-fest events. And this year, the festival begins a year-round Speakers Series. “This year’s...

The Jewish family secret hidden for generations comes to light

The Jewish family secret hidden for generations comes to light

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 13, 2025

When Clare Kinberg discovered her estranged Aunt Rose’s death certificate in 2016, she unlocked a family story that had been hidden for generations. That discovery became “By the Waters of Paradise: An American Story of Racism and Rupture in a...

Mirowitz gets a major boost from Federation

Mirowitz gets a major boost from Federation

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 6, 2025

Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School is receiving a financial boost this fall, thanks to a Jewish Federation of St. Louis loan to help guide the school through a pivotal leadership transition and strategic renewal. The Federation’s $350,000 loan gives...

Elon Musk delivers a salute at a Trump immigration rally. Inset: Musk's Holocaust joke post. (Screenshot)

Elon Musk calls ADL a ‘hate group’ that ‘hates Christians’

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished September 30, 2025

(JTA) — Elon Musk has intensified his long-running feud with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) calling the Jewish civil rights group a “hate group” in a post on X, the platform he owns and renamed from Twitter. “The ADL hates Christians,...

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