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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

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Guy Stern, who escaped Germany in the run-up to the Holocaust, speaks to a group of lawmakers in Hanover, Germany, May 14, 2019.

St. Louis war hero, WWII ‘Ritchie Boy,’ Guy Stern dies at 101

Andrew Lapin, JTA
Published December 13, 2023
An image from “The Light in the Darkness,” a video game designed by Luc Bernard to teach players about the Holocaust. Bernard released the game in 2023 after 15 years of development. (Voices of the Forgotten via YouTube)

Why is a Holocaust museum opening in the video game?

Andrew Lapin, JTA
Published August 17, 2023
A tweet sent by the Michigan Republican Party comparing gun-control measures to the Holocaust, March 22, 2023. (Screenshot)

Michigan GOP tweet compares gun control to the Holocaust

Andrew Lapin, JTA
Published March 22, 2023
The Jewish comedians who will soon be hosting The Daily Show

The Jewish comedians who will soon be hosting “The Daily Show”

Andrew Lapin, JTA
Published December 20, 2022

Israel condemns Netflix movie about its 1948 War of Independence

Andrew Lapin, JTA
Published December 6, 2022
Oregon’s Swastika Mountain will soon be renamed

Oregon’s Swastika Mountain will soon be renamed

ANDREW LAPIN, JTA
Published August 29, 2022
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