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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
Eric Mink is a freelance writer and editor and teaches film studies at Webster University.  He is a former columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Daily News in New York. Contact him at ericmink1@gmail.com. 

Eric Mink

Eric Mink is a freelance writer and editor and teaches film studies at Webster University.  He is a former columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Daily News in New York. Contact him at [email protected].

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Ken Burns’ new doc series asks tough questions about the U.S. and the Holocaust

ERIC MINK
Published September 11, 2022
David McCullough in 2019, near the cedar shed he built in the backyard of his home in West Tisbury, Mass., on Martha’s Vineyard, where he did much of his writing. Photo: Maria Thibodeau/Vineyard Gazette

Journalist, historian connected by the Brooklyn Bridge

ERIC MINK
Published August 25, 2022
‘West Side Story’: The mean streets of...’60s University City?

‘West Side Story’: The mean streets of…’60s University City?

Eric Mink
Published December 15, 2021
Mavis Staples (left) and Mahalia Jackson sing ‘Precious Lord’ at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival in this image from the documentary “Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised).” Photo: Searchlight Pictures

Glorious documentary of 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival likely to stir souls of viewers today

ERIC MINK
Published August 12, 2021
Seth Rogen at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Feb. 29, 2020 in New York City. (Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)

Seth Rogen’s bar mitzvah disconnection

ERIC MINK
Published May 26, 2021
Derek Chauvin is led out of the courtroom in handcuffs after a guilty verdict is read during the trial of Derek Chauvin of the death of George Floyd at the courthouse in Minneapolis on April 20, 2021. Mandatory Credit: Court TV/Handout via USA TODAY NETWORK

Derek Chauvin’s legacy of shame

Eric Mink
Published April 20, 2021
Eric Mink is a freelance writer and editor and teaches film studies at Webster University.  He is a former columnist for the St.  Louis Post-Dispatch and the Daily News in New York.  Contact him at ericmink1@gmail.com.

Trump mob’s assault on our Capitol was personal

ERIC MINK
Published February 25, 2021
Eric Mink is a freelance writer and editor and teaches film studies at Webster University. He is a former columnist for the St.  Louis Post-Dispatch and the Daily News in New York. Contact him at ericmink1@gmail.com.

Steering clear of predictions, for movies or anything else

ERIC MINK
Published December 31, 2020
The Vindmans

Dedicated to the United States of America

ERIC MINK
Published July 16, 2020
Eric Mink is a freelance writer and editor and teaches film studies at Webster University. He is a former columnist for the St.  Louis Post-Dispatch and the Daily News in New York. Contact him at ericmink1@gmail.com.

Criminalizing police violence is a potent tool

ERIC MINK
Published June 18, 2020
Eric Mink is a freelance writer and editor and teaches film studies at Webster University. He is a former columnist for the St.  Louis Post-Dispatch and the Daily News in New York. Contact him at ericmink1@gmail.com.

Health, sadness, hope and the virus

ERIC MINK
Published May 7, 2020
 

Truth and consequences

ERIC MINK
Published March 19, 2020
Eric Mink is a freelance writer and editor and teaches film studies at Webster University. He is a former columnist for the St.  Louis Post-Dispatch and the Daily News in New York. Contact him at ericmink1@gmail.com.

Alexander Vindman, an honorable man

ERIC MINK
Published February 20, 2020
Eric Mink is a freelance writer and editor and teaches film studies at Webster University. He is a former columnist for the St.  Louis Post-Dispatch and the Daily News in New York. Contact him at ericmink1@gmail.com.

President’s Ukraine shell game damages U.S national security

ERIC MINK
Published November 22, 2019
The new documentary ‘Jim Allison: Breakthrough’ looks at the medical researcher who won a Nobel Prize for his work on immunotherapy treatments for cancer. 

Breaking through old thinking in medicine

ERIC MINK
Published October 3, 2019
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch will move from its longtime home at 900 Tucker Blvd. (shown here)  to 901 North 10th St. 

Post-Dispatch building resonates with memories

ERIC MINK
Published August 8, 2019
 

We still don’t know what Mueller’s team found

ERIC MINK
Published April 4, 2019
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