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St. Louis artist’s haunting boxcar sculpture deepens Holocaust Museum cattle car exhibit

St. Louis artist’s haunting boxcar sculpture deepens Holocaust Museum cattle car exhibit

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 11, 2025

The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum’s immersive exhibition “Hate Ends Now: The Cattle Car Experience” runs Sept. 10–14. While organizers expect strong attendance, the Museum notes that plenty of tickets remain available for Saturday,...

Charlie Kirk debates with students at The Cambridge Union in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, May 19, 2025. (Nordin Catic/Getty Images for The Cambridge Union)

After Charlie Kirk is fatally shot in Utah, Jewish and Israeli leaders call for prayers and end to political violence

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished September 10, 2025

(JTA) — Israeli and pro-Israeli U.S. Jews were among those expressing concern after Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative activist who founded Turning Point USA and emerged as a leading voice of the pro-Trump right, was shot Wednesday during...

Where can St. Louis Jews find animals, learning and Italian food this fall?

Where can St. Louis Jews find animals, learning and Italian food this fall?

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 10, 2025

This coming fall, Bais Abe is bringing St. Louis’ Jewish community together with learning, music, animals and even Italian cooking. The congregation has planned a trio of gatherings in October and November that reflect both tradition and creativity...

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STL Jewish film festival alum ‘Bad Shabbos’ going digital after brisket-fueled success

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 10, 2025

We’ve been following the whirlwind success of "Bad Shabbos" since its debut at the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival in March. After making the leap to a wide release last month, the Tribeca Audience Award-winning comedy is now headed for its next...

Emma Stone attends the "Bugonia" red carpet during the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2025 in Venice, Italy. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

Hollywood figures boycotting Israeli film

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished September 10, 2025

(JTA) — A boycott circulated by film-industry luminaries targeting Israeli film and cultural institutions is picking up steam days after its release, with more big names like Emma Stone and Bowen Yang signing onto a list that now numbers more than...

Inside the railcar: New Holocaust Museum exhibit shows what words can’t

Inside the railcar: New Holocaust Museum exhibit shows what words can’t

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished September 9, 2025

A powerful visual and physical display begins a four-day residency on Wednesday, Sept. 10 at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. The Holocaust Museum cattle car exhibit, “Hate Ends Now,” shares the stories of two survivors, Nate Leipeige...

Who was Moses Mendelssohn—and why did St. Louis care in 1979?

Who was Moses Mendelssohn—and why did St. Louis care in 1979?

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 9, 2025

One afternoon while digging through the Jewish Light archives, I stumbled upon a name I didn’t recognize—Moses Mendelssohn—in a full-page story spread from 1979. What grabbed me wasn’t the name at first, but the opening line by columnist H.H....

Taha Mandviwala as ‘Pi’ and puppeteers Anna Leigh Gortner, Shiloh Goodin and Toussaint Jeanlouis as ‘Richard Parker’ in the National Tour of ‘Life of Pi,’ which comes to the Fox Theatre in October.  Photo: Evan Zimmerman/MurphyMade

32 things every St. Louis Jew should do this September

BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished September 9, 2025

The days are growing shorter, but 32 things every St. Louis Jew should do this September are just beginning to unfold. From the expanded Jewish Book Festival to live music, theater, festivals and art exhibits, the fall calendar is bursting with ways...

Smoke rises from behind residential areas after the explosions in Doha, Qatar on September 09, 2025. Attack on Doha targets senior Hamas officials, top Israeli officials tell Channel 12. (Ali Altunkaya/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel strikes Hamas leaders in Qatar, shaking Mideast politics

By Grace Gilson, JTAPublished September 9, 2025

Israel has struck at Hamas targets inside Qatar, in a dramatic escalation of its efforts to kill leaders of the terror group it is battling in Gaza. U.S. President Donald Trump, who this week warned Hamas to accept a ceasefire offer or face consequences,...

From Auschwitz to St. Louis: a son carries his father’s story

From Auschwitz to St. Louis: a son carries his father’s story

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 8, 2025

When the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum opens its doors on Sept. 28 for “Survivor Hour: Josh Schonfeld,” it won’t just be another lecture. This free community program offers a rare chance to hear how one family’s story of survival...

They came for school. They found a Jewish home in St. Louis

They came for school. They found a Jewish home in St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished September 8, 2025

In 2005, JGrads started on the Washington University campus with a few Shabbat dinners, a couple of ambitious grad students and the idea that St. Louis needed something more for Jewish graduate students. The thought was to create something that wasn’t...

Police and rescue personnel at the scene of a terror attack at Ramot Junction, near the entrance to Jerusalem, Sept. 8, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Six murdered in Jerusalem shooting by ‘Palestinian resistance fighters’

Philissa Cramer, JTAPublished September 8, 2025

Six Israelis were murdered and a dozen more wounded in a mass-shooting attack by Palestinian terrorists in the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot on Monday morning. The slain victims were identified as Yosef David, 43, from Jerusalem; Sarah Mendelson,...

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