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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

All content by Gabe Friedman
Hubert Aiwanger, head of the Free Voters party, campaigns ahead of Bavarian state elections in Maisach, Germany, July 24, 2023.

A Nazi pamphlet controversy looms large in a German election

Gabe Friedman, JTA
Published August 30, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures speaks at the St.Petersburg International Economic Forum, June,16 2023. (Getty Images)

Putin: My Jewish friends say Zelensky is ‘not Jewish’

Gabe Friedman, JTA
Published June 16, 2023
18 notable Jews who died in 2022

18 notable Jews who died in 2022

CALEB GUEDES-REED and GABE FRIEDMAN
Published December 30, 2022

Volodymyr Zelensky named Time’s ‘person of the year’

Caleb Guedes-Reed and Gabe Friedman
Published December 7, 2022
Latkes have not always been made of potatoes. (Shutterstock)

The true story of the modern latke – a shocking timeline

Gabe Friedman, JTA
Published December 1, 2022

ADL, Adidas to partner on fighting antisemitism in sports

Gabe Friedman, JTA
Published November 10, 2022
The story of Theodore Roosevelts two Menorahs

The story of Theodore Roosevelt’s two Menorahs

Gabe Friedman
Published November 27, 2021

Adam Sandler is Gen Z’s favorite celebrity

Gabe Friedman
Published October 6, 2021

Kathryn Hahn’s next Jewish role: Joan Rivers

Gabe Friedman
Published September 23, 2021

Oscars 2021: Jewish nominees (nearly) strike out

Gabe Friedman
Published April 25, 2021
A screenshot from the Blackspace trailer. (YouTube)

Netflix acquires Israeli show about a school shooting

GABE FRIEDMAN
Published April 23, 2021
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - SEPTEMBER 18: Zebulon Simantov reads his old tatered hebrew prayer book as he celebrates the Jewish New Year feast of Rosh Hashanah September 18, 2009 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Zebulon, 57, claims to be the last Jew living in the war-torn conservative Muslim country and says he keeps a Kosher home. The Jewish New Year, or Rosh Hashanah, coincides this year with Eid al-Fitr, a Muslim feast marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. Born in northwestern Herat, Simantov attended Hebrew school before moving to Kabul at age 27. In 1992, he fled to Tajikistan, fleeing from Afghanistans growing violence, married a Tajik Jew and had two daughters. The family immigrated in 1998 to Israel, but he returned to Kabul two months later, leaving them behind. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

The last known Jew in Afghanistan is leaving

Gabe Friedman
Published April 4, 2021

Bahrain appoints first ambassador to Israel

Gabe Friedman
Published March 30, 2021
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

These were Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s favorite opera arias

Gabe Friedman
Published March 11, 2021
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