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Aug 28, 2022; Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Chaim Bloom, Chief Baseball Officer of the Boston Red Sox on the field before the game between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays at Fenway Park.

Chaim Bloom will be the Cardinals general manager, after next season

Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished September 30, 2024

The St. Louis Cardinals on Monday, Sept. 30 announced that Chaim Bloom will succeed John Mozeliak as president of baseball operations following the 2025 season. Bloom, who is Jewish, has worked for the Cardinals as an advisor since January 2024. Bloom...

Heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage in Asheville, North Carolina, as seen on Sept. 28, 2024.

For Jewish communities in areas battered by Helene, High Holidays take a backseat to basic safety

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished September 30, 2024

It’s been days since Hurricane Helene struck her community, and the CEO of Jewish Greenville still doesn’t know who is OK and who still needs help. “It’s very much a crisis situation for many people here,” Courtney Tessler told the Jewish...

Honoring Jewish architects who helped shaped St. Louis

Honoring Jewish architects who helped shaped St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 30, 2024

As St. Louisans, we walk past history every day, often without a second glance at the stories etched into the facades of our city’s buildings. But the Kemper Art Museum at Washington University is inviting us to stop, look and rethink how our city came...

Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Rabbi Noah Roklov play interfaith love interests in Netflix's "Nobody Wants This."

From Shabbat candles to love stories: How ‘Nobody Wants This’ celebrates Jewish life on screen

Keren R. McGinity, JTAPublished September 30, 2024

As a gender historian and scholar of intermarriage, I binge-watched the new Netflix series “Nobody Wants This” with a combination of foreboding and optimism. Depictions of romances between Jewish men and Christian women have been ubiquitous in...

The faces of Sababa 2024

The faces of Sababa 2024

The Jewish Light StaffPublished September 29, 2024

On Sept. 29, St. Louis celebrated arts and culture at the Sababa Jewish Arts Festival near Creve Coeur. Held at the Staenberg Family Complex, the festival featured a diverse lineup of music that engaged attendees with sounds from Jewish and global traditions. Art...

‘Every vote counts’: Americans living Israel encouraged to vote in US presidential election

‘Every vote counts’: Americans living Israel encouraged to vote in US presidential election

Etgar Lefkovits, JNSPublished September 29, 2024

(JNS) Hundreds of thousands of Americans living in Israel are eligible to vote in November’s U.S. elections, including some in swing states whose votes could prove decisive in a close election, the heads of Democratic and Republican organizations in...

U.S. Representative Mike Lawler (NY-17) holds a press conference at Veterans Memorial Park in Nanuet. Friday, August 23, 2024.

Remarks on Jewish voters becomes key issue in some House races

By Jacob Kornbluh, The ForwardPublished September 29, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. In upstate New York, former Rep. Mondaire Jones is ready to launch a new digital ad blasting Rep. Mike Lawyer for defending...

People listen to a speech by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on November 3, 2023 in Tehran, Iran. (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Israel kills Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah

Ben Sales, JTAPublished September 28, 2024

Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah, in an airstrike in Beirut Friday, the latest Israeli assassination of a terror group leader and a pivotal development in the escalating conflict on Israel’s northern border. For three decades,...

Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.),

Missouri congressman urges IRS to revoke tax-exempt status of nine nonprofits over alleged terror ties

JNS StaffPublished September 26, 2024

Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), chair of the House Ways and Means Committee wrote to Daniel Werfel, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, on Tuesday calling for an investigation of nine nonprofits that he said are “fueling chaos, illegal conduct and...

The Michael family of Louisiana, Mo.

Saving the hidden stories of Jewish river towns before they vanish forever

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 26, 2024

In May 2019, Temple B’nai Sholom in Quincy, Ill., held its final service, closing its doors after more than 150 years. The once-thriving congregation, which had counted 500 Jewish residents at its peak, had dwindled to fewer than 30. “We never...

Businessman Mike Lindell speaks at a rally featuring U.S. Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota, July 27, 2024. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Mike Lindell says he did not intend Nazi symbolism by selling pillows for $14.88

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished September 26, 2024

(JTA) — Mike Lindell, the outspoken CEO of MyPillow claims he was unaware that the number $14.88, advertised as the price for one of his pillow products, is a neo-Nazi symbol, sparking controversy and backlash online. Mike Lindell responds to 14.88...

Kristen Bell as Joanne and Adam Brody as Noah in "Nobody Wants This." (Stefania Rosini/Netflix)

How a real-life rabbi coached Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ about making interfaith relationships realistic

Shira Li Bartov, JTAPublished September 26, 2024

“Nobody Wants This,” a rom-com Netflix series starring Adam Brody as a charming Los Angeles rabbi who falls for a blond, agnostic sex and dating podcaster played by Kristen Bell, is based on a true story — kind of. Erin Foster, the creator of...

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