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St. Louis Jewish Light

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

All content by Andrew Silow-Carroll

Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon joins US think tank

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published July 7, 2016

San Francisco’s only Orthodox high school to close

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published July 7, 2016

Netanyahu reportedly secreted Auschwitz blueprints to Israel

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published July 7, 2016

Brooklyn pool can keep women-only swim times

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published July 6, 2016

How Elie Wiesel inspired the Free Soviet Jewry movement

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published July 3, 2016

Jackie Mason rips incumbent in NY race over Iran deal

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published June 24, 2016
Camp JRF has embraced inclusivity since its founding, with activities that rarely divide up the boys and the girls. (Courtesy of Camp JRF)

Summer camps open bunks to transgender Jews

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published June 23, 2016

Top officials put a Jewish stamp on the Rio Olympics

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published June 16, 2016

In Krakow, Night of the Synagogues bolsters Jewish pride

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published June 6, 2016

In remote Madagascar, a new community chooses to be Jewish

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published June 5, 2016

What sex in the Book of Ruth can teach today’s teens

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published June 2, 2016
Members of the 2016 rabbinical class of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion reading their class prayer at an ordination ceremony at the Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 21, 2016. (HUC-JIR via Facebook)

Why a small word change is a big deal for Reform women rabbis

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published May 31, 2016

Crash kills three workers at Jewish camp in Pennsylvania

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published May 27, 2016

$15M grant to update Reform movement’s Israel campus

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published May 23, 2016

Forward hires digital strategist as its new publisher

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published May 23, 2016

OK, wise guy, how would YOU illustrate a circumcision?

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published May 10, 2016

A day to join Israelis in a sad circle of grief

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published May 10, 2016

New documentary asks if we’re ready to laugh at the Holocaust

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published April 26, 2016

Orthodox parents of LGBT children seek communities that care

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published April 25, 2016

What a kippah tells you about its wearer, an expanded guide

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published April 21, 2016

‘I’m for Israel. Period.’ That’s the John Kasich I know.

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published April 18, 2016

Can a united community still work miracles? Ask the Yemenite Jews.

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published April 12, 2016

A response to the response to our ‘Jewish Twitter’ ranking

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published April 5, 2016

ANALYSIS: AIPAC and the perils of bipartisanship

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published March 23, 2016

How Frank Sinatra Jr. got a Jewish middle name

Andrew Silow-Carroll
Published March 17, 2016
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