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Karen Paikin Barall is vice president for government relations at Jewish Federations of North America. (Courtesy JFNA)

In a federation official’s remark about resettling Gaza, signs of tension among Jewish groups in the new Trump era

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished November 18, 2024

The head of Jewish Federations of North America is doubling down on nonpartisanship after one of his executives upset colleagues last week by signaling excitement about Jewish settlement in Gaza. The remark by Karen Paikin Barall, JFNA’s vice president...

On the left: Two video screen grabs from Ohio. A group of neo-Nazis marched through downtown Columbus, Ohio, waving swastika flags and displaying antisemitic language, Nov. 16, 2024. (Screenshot via CBS News)

On the right, image taken Oct. 5 in Town & Country, Mo.

St. Louis white supremacist group tied to hate-fueled rally in Ohio

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished November 18, 2024

A hate-fueled demonstration in Columbus, Ohio, by the St. Louis-based white supremacist group known as the Hate Club, has drawn condemnation from the White House, along with city, state and Jewish community leaders. The group, carrying Nazi flags, marched...

Will Scharf, attorney for President-elect Donald Trump

Missourian Will Scharf, co-founder of ‘Jews Against Soros,’ is Trump’s new White House staff secretary

By Jacob Kornbluh, The ForwardPublished November 18, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. President-elect Donald Trump has appointed one of his Jewish personal attorneys to a powerful position in the White...

Rabbi Scott Shafrin.

Rabbi Scott Shafrin stepping down as JCRC executive director

Published November 17, 2024

Seven months after assuming the role of executive director at the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of St. Louis, Rabbi Scott Shafrin will step down in January 2025 as his family begins an exciting new chapter. Shafrin’s wife, Rabbi Jessica...

Dana Bash, a correspondent and anchor on CNN. (CNN/HBO Max)

‘No shame, no decency, no clue,’ Dana Bash tells Code Pink protester

JNS StaffPublished November 17, 2024

Dana Bash, chief CNN political correspondent, denounced Code Pink after the anti-Israel group posted video footage of one of its members accosting Bash at Main Line Reform Temple, in the Philadelphia area, where she spoke on Thursday. “What is going...

From Slurpee machines to a synagogue: Inside JSU’s new teen center!

From Slurpee machines to a synagogue: Inside JSU’s new teen center!

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished November 17, 2024

The Jewish Student Union (JSU) is marking a new chapter for Jewish teens in St. Louis with the opening of the JSU Staenberg House on the Weissman/Kerner Campus. Designed to offer a bigger and better space for connection, learning, and celebration, this...

Prepping a late parent’s home for sale? Here are a few tips

Prepping a late parent’s home for sale? Here are a few tips

BY NINA NEEDLEMAN, Special To The Jewish LightPublished November 17, 2024

I’m not an accountant, and don’t play one on TV. However, over the past six months, I’ve become a project manager, preparing my parents’ house for sale. Part of that work included identifying charities I could donate to on their behalf, and other...

With limited STL kosher options new GLATT podcast could be a game-changer

With limited STL kosher options new GLATT podcast could be a game-changer

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished November 17, 2024

Kosher cuisine is stepping into the podcast world with GLATT, a fresh offering from Fleishigs Magazine in partnership with Kosher.com. As the podcast industry continues to boom, Shifra and Shlomo Klein—the powerhouse duo behind Fleishigs Magazine—saw...

Dictionary definition of antisemitism.

Schumer presses ahead with Antisemitism Awareness Act

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished November 17, 2024

WASHINGTON — One of Sen. Chuck Schumer’s last actions as the outgoing Senate majority leader is an attempt to codify a controversial definition of antisemitism in the face of claims from the left and the right that it impinges on free speech. The...

“Cigar” (1969) by Philip Guston, on view at The Jewish Museum,  features the Ku Klux Klan figure found in several of his paintings from the period. (JTA)

A Black artist and a Jewish artist mock the KKK in a new Jewish Museum show

Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTAPublished November 17, 2024

Mel Brooks, who mocked Adolf Hitler in his 1967 black comedy “The Producers,” has always made the case for satire as a weapon against tyranny. “You have to bring him down with ridicule,” he told “60 Minutes” in 2001. “It’s been one...

Companies like Nooish (left) and Manischewitz (right) are offering products that allow customers to make instant matzah ball soup with just one added ingredient: hot water. (Courtesy)

Just add hot water? Matzah balls get a glow-up for the harried home cook.

Rachel Ringler, JTAPublished November 15, 2024

For most of Jewish culinary history, anyone seeking to make matzah balls faced one major choice: sinkers or floaters? In the 20th century, with the advent of home-cooking conveniences, another decision joined the one about density: from scratch or...

The St. Louis men’s group that’s turning isolation into inspiration

The St. Louis men’s group that’s turning isolation into inspiration

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished November 14, 2024

Retirement can be both liberating and daunting. While newfound freedom from work is often celebrated, the lack of daily structure and social connection can lead to isolation. Recognizing this challenge, a group of retirees in St. Louis created Friends...

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