This page is dedicated to the memory of Melvin L. Newmark, St. Louis attorney and Jewish community leader, who served as president of the St. Louis Jewish Light Board of Trustees from 1969 to 1972. In his memory, Mr. Newmark’s family and friends established the Melvin L. Newmark Memorial Fund, which funds and sponsors Op-Ed commentary articles and special features on a topic of current Jewish interest. The Jewish Light is grateful to Melvin Newmark’s family and friends for establishing this generous fund.
This page is dedicated to the memory of Melvin L. Newmark, St. Louis attorney and Jewish community leader, who served as president of the St. Louis Jewish Light Board of Trustees from 1969 to 1972. In his memory, Mr. Newmark’s family and friends established the Melvin L. Newmark Memorial Fund, which funds and sponsors Op-Ed commentary articles and special features on a topic of current Jewish interest. The Jewish Light is grateful to Melvin Newmark’s family and friends for establishing this generous fund.
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Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
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Robert Gudmestad, Colorado State University
![Lt. Philip Goldstein with ground crew in front of his P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft in 1944 in Triolo, Italy.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Jewboy-The-Plane-1200x675.jpg)
By Falk Kantor, Post 100, Jewish War Veterans of the USA (JWV)
![The grand opening of a new 1904 World’s Fair exhibit.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Worlds-Fair-1200x675.jpg)
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
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Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
![Fanny Brice Baby Snooks 1940.JPG
Photo of Fanny Brice as Baby Snooks from the radio program of the same name. (Public Domain)](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Fanny-Brice-legal--1200x675.jpg)
By Barbara Wallace Grossman, Special To The Jewish Light
![The entire Hakoah Vienna Soccer team prior to their match with the St. Louis All-Stars, on May 15th, 1926. Courtesy of St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, Jewish Community Archives.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Hakoah-Soccer-Team-1200x675.jpg)
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
![Photo courtesy of the St. Louis Zoo.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Charles-H.-Yalem-Childrens-Zoo-1969-Legal-900x506.jpg)
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
![A brief history of bagels in St. Louis](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Bagel-History-900x506.jpg)
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
![The Jewish history of The Fabulous Fox and how Mary and Leon Strauss saved it 40 years ago](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fox-Theatre-900x506.jpg)
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
![Steve Serot diving for shot against Jerry Hilecher. 1974 in San Diego](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Action-photos-RGB-900x638.jpg)
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer