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How St. Louis is giving proper recognition to indigenous arts

How St. Louis is giving proper recognition to indigenous arts

By Nancy Kranzberg, Special to the Jewish LightPublished July 13, 2023

I just returned from watching my grandson play lacrosse. Lacrosse is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. Indigenous describes any group of people native...

Evening Barbie. Photo by Larry Torno.

See ‘Barbie’ like never before in new St. Louis exhibition before you see the movie

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished July 13, 2023

They are everywhere you look. Ken and Barbie, the most glamorous stars of the summer, are ready to make their big screen debuts in a buzzy live-action film to be released July 21st. The film has sparked renewed interest in the pop culture icons including...

What a candidate for governor in North Carolina, told the Moms for Liberty gathering

What a candidate for governor in North Carolina, told the Moms for Liberty gathering

By Jacob Kornbluh, The ForwardPublished July 5, 2023

Mark Robinson, the GOP frontrunner for North Carolina governor in the 2024 contest who has been accused of trafficking in antisemitism, encouraged the reading of quotes from Adolf Hitler and other dictators at a conservative conference this weekend. “Whether...

St. Louis is facing a hotter future.

Extreme heat — the “silent killer” of climate change — is coming for St. Louis

By Kelly Smits, Special To The Jewish LightPublished June 20, 2023

Jeff Gray arrives home on a late Tuesday afternoon as the temperature outside hovers around 90 degrees, hotter than average for early June. After entering, he sits in a chair positioned directly in front of an air conditioner blowing cool air into the...

Drew (L) and Tyler (R) Patchin.

10-year-old FBI agent Drew Patchin solves mystery of missing Stanley Cup

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 18, 2023

In 2019, Drew Patchin was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer and underwent surgery and radiation treatments. Unfortunately, a scan this past February 2023 revealed a new spot in a more dangerous location than Drew’s other brain tumors. St. Louis...

Why Tony Award winner Idina Menzel is coming to St. Louis

Why Tony Award winner Idina Menzel is coming to St. Louis

Published June 1, 2023

Idina Menzel, one of the most iconic vocal performers of her time, has been announced as a headliner for this year's St. Louis PrideFest 2023. The festival runs June 24 from 11 a.m.–6 p.m. and June 25 from 12–6 p.m. across from City Hall in downtown...

After death, holiness? Responding to the scourge of gun violence

After death, holiness? Responding to the scourge of gun violence

Rabbi James Bennett, Congregation Shaare EmethPublished April 27, 2023

We must have become numb to gun violence. Hardly a day goes by without another “mass shooting” in a school, shopping center, place of worship, or public square. We don’t even know what qualifies as a “mass shooting” these days. Deaths attributable...

Karen Kaye

Karen Kaye trying to ‘boot scoot’ to win in Ms. Missouri Senior America Pageant this weekend

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished April 26, 2023

For decades, St. Louis women over 60 have kept the spice of life alive by competing for the title of Ms. Missouri Senior America. The 2023 edition of the annual pageant, which celebrates and honors women who have reached the “age of elegance,”...

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, D.C., Nov. 9, 1943. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration.

How 80 years ago today the U.S., Great Britain abandoned the Jews of Europe

Dr. Rafael Medoff, Special To The Jewish LightPublished April 18, 2023

The name “Bermuda” conjures up a variety of images. Tourists think of it as a tropical vacation site. Scientists ponder the disappearance of ships in the Bermuda Triangle. But for those concerned with the history of the Holocaust, Bermuda is remembered...

Rory Bland and Sam Deutsch

Rory Bland, Sam Deutsch earn sports marketing award

Published April 10, 2023

Rory Bland and Sam Deutsch placed first in state in the DECA Sports and Entertainment Marketing category, competing against 35 other teams from various high schools throughout Missouri. Rory and Sam will join 24 others from Ladue Horton Watkins High School...

Three events on our must-see/do list

Three events on our must-see/do list

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished March 23, 2023

There is no lack of fascinating art and photography exhibitions by members of the St. Louis Jewish community throughout the area this month and next. Here are three to put on your must-see list. “Wise Women, Resilient Lives” at the Ethical...

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Published March 22, 2023

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