Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 5, 2024
On Saturday, Oct. 5, a group of about a dozen masked men gathered on an overpass in Town and Country, displaying Nazi symbols. Dressed in black and carrying flags emblazoned with swastikas and other white supremacist imagery, they held banners over Highway...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published October 3, 2024
The Loewenstein family takes the concept of l’dor v’dor to heart. Rob Loewenstein, 89, has been blowing shofar on Rosh Hashanah for 79 years. Arnold Weiss, his great-uncle, blew shofar in the 1920s at B’nai El, as did his father, Erwin Loewenstein....
In the first casualties in Lebanon since Israel launched a ground incursion this week, eight Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes with Hezbollah fighters.
The army said Wednesday that six soldiers were killed in one clash and that two were killed...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 2, 2024
Six13, the popular Jewish a cappella group, has released a new video just in time for Rosh Hashanah 5785. Known for its creative parodies, Six13 presents "5785," a playful twist on Bowling for Soup’s pop-rock classic "1985."
The video prominently...
By Mira Fox, The Forward
• Published October 1, 2024
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Lev Kreitman has seen plenty of trauma. He was at the Nova festival on Oct. 7, when it was attacked by Hamas. Then, as...
Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published October 1, 2024
I used to think St. Louisans’ fixation on where they went to high school was specific to St. Louis. As someone who didn’t grow up here, I just figured the proverbial, “Where’d you go to high school?” question was as provincial as kids telling...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 1, 2024
As Iran launched a barrage of more than 100 ballistic missiles at Israel on October 1, 2024, the St. Louis Jewish Light was in contact with Naama Herz, a 19-year-old Israeli woman from Kibbutz Ramot Menashe. Herz had returned to Israel in late August...
At least 8 people were killed in a shooting attack in Jaffa, one of the deadliest terror attacks in Israel since Oct. 7, 2023.
The attack, which also wounded several people, occurred at an extremely volatile time in Israel, amid a barrage of missiles...
(JTA) — WASHINGTON — Sirens blared across much of Israel late Tuesday after Iran fired a barrage of missiles toward the country.
More than 100 ballistic missiles were incoming, Israeli officials said, as sirens blared across most of the country...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 1, 2024
In a powerful show of unity, the St. Louis Jewish community will come together on Monday, Oct. 7 to mark one year of remembrance, support and hope. Organized by the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, "Darkness to Light" will provide a space for individuals...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 1, 2024
Sometimes, what we learn from Jewish teachings and what science tells us don't exactly line up. Historically, Jewish intellectuals have been puzzling over how to align these contrasting views. Now, two such scholars, Rabbis Joel Padowitz and Jonathan...
Fighting is underway between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters along the Israel-Lebanon border.
What is yet unclear: How many will fight, how long they will stay there, how many people will be killed and whether the blazing conflict between Hezbollah...
