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Ben Binyamin (left) and Gali Segal (right), a young couple who both lost their right legs on Oct. 7 at the Nova Festival, celebrated their wedding this summer. Photo by Israel in Chicago Facebook / Stand With Us YouTube Screenshot / Canva

This remarkable story will help us dance on Simchat Torah

By Areyah Kaltmann, The ForwardPublished October 23, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Gali Segal and Ben Binyamin, two young people engaged to be married, were among those dancing at the Nova festival when...

A display of copies of Adolf Hitler's book “Mein Kampf.” Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Admirers of the Führer abound, and not always from the fringe

Published October 23, 2024

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Donald Trump told his chief of staff John Kelly that “Hitler did some good things,” including rebuilding the German...

Wayne Kaufman.

Wayne P. Kaufman to be inducted into Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished October 23, 2024

For more than 30 years, Wayne P. Kaufman has been an advocate for veterans in Missouri. As the founder of The Kaufman Fund, he has dedicated his life to ensuring veterans and their families receive the support they need. His efforts have transformed countless...

Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks before departing the vice president’s residence, Oct. 23, 2024.  (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Harris says Trump’s reported admiration of Hitler’s generals is ‘deeply troubling’

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 23, 2024

WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks before the presidential election, Kamala Harris called Donald Trump’s alleged longing for the type of general who deferred to Adolf Hitler “deeply troubling.” In brief remarks Wednesday, Harris opined on The...

St. Louisan and Kansas City Chiefs fan Traci Goldstein Holdener.

Jewish women from St. Louis trek to KC for Taylor, Travis and football glory

BY KEVIN DEUTSCH, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished October 23, 2024

KANSAS CITY — Move over, Taylor Swift. A band of die-hard, Jewish fans of the Kansas City Chiefs are bringing a little yiddishkeit — and lots of girl power — to Chiefs Kingdom.  Across St. Louis County on game days, these Jewish women of all ages...

Jewish Book Festival returns in November

Jewish Book Festival returns in November

Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 22, 2024

It’s all about the books and authors at the 46th annual St. Louis Jewish Book Festival, Nov. 2-17. The festival, nationally recognized event and one of the largest in the country, brings in Jewish authors and features books with Jewish interest and...

Ethan Leinwand

Is St. Louis’s biggest export really beer? This Jewish blues pianist says otherwise!

Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished October 22, 2024

Nearly 120 music lovers gathered at the Mirowitz Center on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 22, to hear a performance from St. Louis pianist Ethan Leinwand. According to Leinwand, a Jewish historian who studies and performs ragtime, barrelhouse blues and...

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)

Trump and Harris present differing visions on Israel, but share key goals

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 22, 2024

(JTA) — WASHINGTON — With just weeks to go before the election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have both tried to use Israel as a wedge issue: Trump has said the country will not exist in two years if he is defeated, and Harris’ campaign has called...

The untold stories of LGBTQ+ victims of the Holocaust finally come to light

The untold stories of LGBTQ+ victims of the Holocaust finally come to light

By Kathleen Lees, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 22, 2024

On Oct. 27 at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, Eric Marcus will highlight the hidden history of LGBTQ+ Holocaust victims. Marcus, the founder and host of the award-winning podcast “Making Gay History,” will illuminate these voices...

Can’t see Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone on Broadway? St. Louis’ “The Roommate” brings the magic closer to home!

Can’t see Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone on Broadway? St. Louis’ “The Roommate” brings the magic closer to home!

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished October 22, 2024

On Oct. 25, the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis kicks off its Steve Woolf Studio Series with the dark comedy, “The Roommate” by Jen Silverman, a two-character play starring Nancy Bell as Robyn, and Kelley Weber as Sharon. In “The Roommate,” middle-aged...

A kippah-clad man holds a sign reading "Jews for Black Lives" at the weekly Black Lives Matter "Jackie Lacey Must Go!" protest in front of the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles, Sept. 9, 2020. (Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images)

Why Jewish Americans can’t agree on racism

Ilana M. Horwitz, JTAPublished October 22, 2024

In the summer of 2020, a friend and I were deep in conversation about race. You might remember it well, that summer of reckoning that followed George Floyd’s murder, igniting discussions on race across the country. Race relations suddenly became as...

Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the Bojangles Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sept. 12, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Kamala Harris does not agree with protester who shouted ‘genocide,’ her campaign says

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 22, 2024

The Kamala Harris campaign said the vice president did not agree with a protester who accused Israel of genocide when she said what he was talking about is “real.” Harris’ remarks at a Milwaukee campaign event on Saturday circulated widely in...

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