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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

23 Jewish activists from anti-occupation group arrested at Passover protests

Gabe Friedman
Published April 21, 2016

Israel closing off West Bank in wake of Jerusalem bus bombing

Gabe Friedman
Published April 21, 2016

WATCH: Haredi rabbi blesses marijuana as kosher for Passover

Gabe Friedman
Published April 20, 2016

Harvard law student leader apologizes for asking Israeli lawmaker why she’s ‘so smelly’

Gabe Friedman
Published April 20, 2016

Are you ‘Jewish enough’ to get this ad campaign? Yes.

Gabe Friedman
Published April 19, 2016

John Kasich talks faith, not politics, at Orthodox NY synagogue

Gabe Friedman
Published April 18, 2016

5 seder supplements to make your Passover relevant this year

Gabe Friedman
Published April 17, 2016

Oracle buys army vets’ big-data firm in $550m Israel shopping spree

Gabe Friedman
Published April 15, 2016

‘Broad City’ takes on Birthright and turns Jewish anxieties into comic gold

Gabe Friedman
Published April 14, 2016

Google gives $700K to Israeli disabilities technology initiative

Gabe Friedman
Published April 13, 2016

12 Jewish NY City Council members endorse Hillary Clinton

Gabe Friedman
Published April 12, 2016

Tel Aviv high school stopping students’ concentration camp visits over ‘ultranationalist’ influence

Gabe Friedman
Published April 12, 2016

Ted Cruz walks into a NY matzah factory – Twitter supplies the punchline

Gabe Friedman
Published April 8, 2016

Jewish camps, schools pressed to adopt child sexual abuse policies

Gabe Friedman
Published April 7, 2016

This new Jewish deli is the coolest restaurant in New York City

Gabe Friedman
Published April 7, 2016

Holocaust survivor, 92, hosts Reddit AMA forum, describes hellish life in Nazi camps

Gabe Friedman
Published April 7, 2016

Abbas to meet Hollande to discuss French push for Israeli-Palestinian peace

Gabe Friedman
Published April 6, 2016

ADL calls out Bernie Sanders for misstating Palestinian death toll in Gaza war

Gabe Friedman
Published April 6, 2016

Jean-Claude Van Damme visits kabbalah center in Israel in wake of Brussels attacks

Gabe Friedman
Published March 30, 2016
This custom baseball signed by Sandy Koufax and other Hall of Famers, including Yogi Berra, and the bat one-time MVP Al Rosen used in the 1955 All-Star Game, are prized possessions in the Jeff Aeder collection.

A league of their own: A Jewish baseball museum, at last

Gabe Friedman
Published March 27, 2016

The 25 most influential people on ‘Jewish Twitter’

Gabe Friedman
Published March 27, 2016

Joseph C. Mandel, a businessman who gave millions to Jewish schools, dies at 102

Gabe Friedman
Published March 23, 2016

Auckland professor compares SodaStream to company that collaborated with the Nazis

Gabe Friedman
Published March 23, 2016

Matisyahu embarks on Hillels-sponsored college tour with Arab-American artist

Gabe Friedman
Published March 21, 2016

Why Purim should be the ultimate hipster Jewish holiday

Gabe Friedman
Published March 20, 2016

Pee-wee Herman returns in new movie on Netflix

Gabe Friedman
Published March 18, 2016

JCC Association head resigns after one year on the job

Gabe Friedman
Published March 18, 2016

Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland is Jewish. Here’s how Jews are reacting.

Gabe Friedman
Published March 16, 2016

NBA slam dunk champ Nate Robinson reportedly to play in Israel

Gabe Friedman
Published March 16, 2016

Don McLean denies wife’s accusations that he is anti-Semitic

Gabe Friedman
Published March 15, 2016

Jerry Springer compares the current election season to his show

Gabe Friedman
Published March 15, 2016

Rivlin to tell Putin: Syria pullout must not strengthen Iran, Hezbollah

Gabe Friedman
Published March 15, 2016

Watch activist rabbi’s 6-year-old daughter demand justice from New Yorker cartoon contest

Gabe Friedman
Published March 15, 2016

British Labour activist suspended for saying Jews have ‘big noses’

Gabe Friedman
Published March 15, 2016

Colombian actress: ‘Son of Saul’ won Oscar because so many Jews are in Hollywood

Gabe Friedman
Published March 14, 2016

Abe Foxman to head Museum of Jewish Heritage center for study of anti-Semitism

Gabe Friedman
Published March 14, 2016

Ben Shapiro resigns from Breitbart over Trump campaign manager incident

Gabe Friedman
Published March 14, 2016

Angela Merkel defends German-Jewish leader fearful of Muslim refugees

Gabe Friedman
Published March 14, 2016

Pope Francis to visit Auschwitz

Gabe Friedman
Published March 14, 2016

‘Go to Auschwitz’ video fuels Trump Nazi worries

Gabe Friedman
Published March 14, 2016

Sarah Silverman in Hitler costume calls comparisons with Trump ‘unfavorable’

Gabe Friedman
Published March 11, 2016

‘Donald Drumpf’ listed as runner-up in American Jewish Congress presidential poll

Gabe Friedman
Published March 11, 2016

Dustin Hoffman breaks down on ‘Finding Your Roots’ after discovering his Jewish history

Gabe Friedman
Published March 9, 2016

Black activists wore kippahs in the ’60s – now ‘freedom caps’ are back

Gabe Friedman
Published March 9, 2016

9 times Donald Trump has been compared to Hitler

Gabe Friedman
Published March 8, 2016

Vaccines and Jewish camps: What parents need to know

Gabe Friedman
Published March 3, 2016

5 unexpected Jewish moments from the Oscars

Gabe Friedman
Published February 29, 2016

9 famous Jews who attended a Jewish summer camp

Gabe Friedman
Published February 28, 2016

5 incredible Jewish stories behind this year’s Oscars

Gabe Friedman
Published February 26, 2016

NY assemblyman: Brooklyn College must discipline students who demanded ‘Zionists off campus’

Gabe Friedman
Published February 18, 2016

In response to Jeb Bush gun tweet, NY mayor posts Jewish deli sandwich

Gabe Friedman
Published February 18, 2016

Students barge in on Brooklyn College faculty meeting, demand ‘Zionists off campus’

Gabe Friedman
Published February 17, 2016

Ted Nugent joins Jewish gun rights group

Gabe Friedman
Published February 17, 2016

Jeb Bush tweets image of gun made by company with Nazi past

Gabe Friedman
Published February 17, 2016

Swedish TV star says Malmo anti-Semitism made him quit show

Gabe Friedman
Published February 16, 2016

Bahraini soccer official uses apparent anti-Israel smear in FIFA presidency campaign

Gabe Friedman
Published February 16, 2016

People are confused why Bernie Sanders won’t own his Jewishness

Gabe Friedman
Published February 12, 2016

What the $55,000 Israel trip for Oscar nominees looks like

Gabe Friedman
Published February 10, 2016

‘Bernie Sandwiches’ hailed as New Hampshire winner, and other Jewish Internet reaction

Gabe Friedman
Published February 10, 2016

Rocker Ted Nugent blames Jews for gun control in anti-Semitic Facebook post

Gabe Friedman
Published February 8, 2016

The Jewish prayer shawl goes chic for New York Fashion Week

Gabe Friedman
Published February 8, 2016

Seth Rogen, Amy Schumer and Paul Rudd starring in Bud Light Super Bowl commercial

Gabe Friedman
Published February 4, 2016

Budapest promenade named for late Jewish congressman Tom Lantos

Gabe Friedman
Published February 4, 2016

Hasidic Jews help rescue woman who jumped off George Washington Bridge

Gabe Friedman
Published February 4, 2016

Jewish frat members at U of Chicago sent each other series of Islamophobic, racist emails

Gabe Friedman
Published February 4, 2016

Patriots owner Robert Kraft to receive honorary doctorate from Yeshiva University

Gabe Friedman
Published February 4, 2016

The Internet loves Hillary’s response to a question from a rabbi on CNN

Gabe Friedman
Published February 4, 2016

Australian stationery chain recalling globes that excluded Israel, included Palestine

Gabe Friedman
Published February 3, 2016

Israel’s opposition leader presents West Bank pullout plan to Kerry

Gabe Friedman
Published February 3, 2016

Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton? How the Jewish celebrity vote breaks down

Gabe Friedman
Published February 1, 2016

Which biblical character are you?

Gabe Friedman
Published January 29, 2016

Israeli ‘spy vulture’ captured in Lebanon

Gabe Friedman
Published January 29, 2016

Meet the Israeli composer of Indian Muslim music who collaborates with Radiohead’s guitarist

Gabe Friedman
Published January 27, 2016

Ben & Jerry’s founder creates Bernie Sanders ice cream flavor

Gabe Friedman
Published January 25, 2016

Patriots star Julian Edelman honored as 4th-best Jewish football player of all time

Gabe Friedman
Published January 22, 2016

Which Jewish food are you?

Gabe Friedman
Published January 21, 2016

Oregon militia members blow ‘battle trumpet’ shofars

Gabe Friedman
Published January 19, 2016

6-year-old NJ boy walking to synagogue with mom killed by streaking car

Gabe Friedman
Published January 19, 2016

Powerball lessons: Why Israeli lottery winners wear masks on TV

Gabe Friedman
Published January 15, 2016

Ted Cruz says Donald Trump has ‘NY values,’ the Internet cries anti-Semitism

Gabe Friedman
Published January 15, 2016

How Matisyahu got into music and Hasidic Judaism — in his own words

Gabe Friedman
Published January 13, 2016

Apple’s Siri technology to be offered in Hebrew

Gabe Friedman
Published January 12, 2016

Rubio pledges Israel trip would be first presidential visit abroad

Gabe Friedman
Published January 12, 2016

David Bowie was into kabbalah and other Jewish facts about the late icon

Gabe Friedman
Published January 11, 2016

2 English soccer fans banned from games for 3 years for Nazi gestures

Gabe Friedman
Published January 8, 2016

Debbie Wasserman Schultz under fire for calling young women complacent on abortion

Gabe Friedman
Published January 8, 2016

WATCH: Israelis and Palestinians kiss in defiance of barred book

Gabe Friedman
Published January 7, 2016

‘Broad City’ renewed for 2 seasons, ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ for 1

Gabe Friedman
Published January 6, 2016

Lena Dunham show ‘Girls’ to end after 6th season

Gabe Friedman
Published January 6, 2016

Jewish tech entrepreneur shot and killed while sleeping in Las Vegas parking lot

Gabe Friedman
Published January 6, 2016

BBC releases documentary on Jerry Lewis’ secret Holocaust film

Gabe Friedman
Published January 5, 2016

Stat whiz Nate Silver: Donald Trump more likely nominee than Bernie Sanders

Gabe Friedman
Published January 5, 2016

Jewish art-dealing dynasty stands trial for alleged $600M tax fraud

Gabe Friedman
Published January 4, 2016

6.7 magnitude earthquake hits India’s Jewish community

Gabe Friedman
Published January 4, 2016

UN Palestinian territory investigator resigns after Israel denies visa request

Gabe Friedman
Published January 4, 2016

Dr. Jonathan Zizmor, NY subway icon, announces retirement

Gabe Friedman
Published January 4, 2016

2 Israeli actors to appear in ‘Game of Thrones’

Gabe Friedman
Published December 31, 2015

On Seinfeld’s show, Obama brings the Jewish banter

Gabe Friedman
Published December 31, 2015

5 outrageous quotes by ex-Orthodox rabbi Marc Gafni that The NY Times didn’t use

Gabe Friedman
Published December 29, 2015

4 quotes by ex-Orthodox rabbi Marc Gafni not in The NY Times article

Gabe Friedman
Published December 29, 2015
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