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

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

St. Louis Jewish Light

Students at the University of Delaware Hillel (University of Delaware Hillel)

Jewish pride on campus is under siege. Here’s what your kids can do to fight back

Arnold M. EisenPublished September 5, 2016

NEW YORK (JTA) — Over 300,000 Jewish college students have arrived or will arrive shortly on American campuses — and what they experience there is likely not only to broaden their minds and uproot long-held assumptions, but shake their Jewish selves...

Purim invites all Jews to write their own stories

Arnold M. EisenPublished March 22, 2016

A haredi Orthodox man talking to a boy wearing a Purim mask at a holiday celebration in Jerusalem, March 13, 2016. (Corinna Kern/Flash 90)(JTA) — This week’s Purim holiday offers a good opportunity to reflect upon the challenges confronting Judaism...

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