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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 By Bella Soyfer
Lil’ Yiddy (aka Sam Shanker), an eighth-grade student at Epstein Hebrew Academy, raps during a concert to benefit the school’s eighth-grade class trip. At right, is Sam’s ‘hype man’ Shai Fendelman.

Meet Lil’ Yiddy, the eighth-grader inspired to rap about Jewish life

BY BELLA SOYFER, Junior, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Published March 29, 2024
Holocaust survivor Sami Stiegmann speaks in St. Louis in late October during a Jewish Student Union event.

Students welcome Holocaust survivor for moving Q&A

By Bella Soyfer, Junior, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
Published December 6, 2023
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