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
Jordan Palmer

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer

Jordan worked at KSDK from 1995 to 2020. Jordan is a three-time Emmy award winner who produced every kind of show from news to specials during his tenure, creating Show Me St. Louis, The Cardinal Nation Show. He started ksdk.com in 2001 and won three Edward R. Murrow Awards for journalistic and website excellence in 2010, 2014 and 2020.

Jordan has been married for 25 years and is the father of two college students. He is an avid biker, snowboarder, and beer lover. He created the blog drink314.com, focusing on the St. Louis beer community in 2015. Jordan has an incredible and vast knowledge of useless information and is the grandson of a Cleveland bootlegger.

All content by Jordan Palmer
How Beckie Jacobs turned ice cream into a calling

How Beckie Jacobs turned ice cream into a calling

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published June 10, 2025
Bagels, books and a schmear of something brand new at the J

Bagels, books and a schmear of something brand new at the J

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published June 9, 2025
Cheetah quintuplets on June 1, 2025. Photo by Kelsey Thompson/Saint Louis Zoo

What’s Jewish about the baby cheetahs at the Saint Louis Zoo?

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published June 8, 2025
Advertisement for Israel Bond from 1973.

After 8 years off, a legendary Jewish tradition is returning to St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published June 8, 2025
Rainbow Torah, pickleball pride and nosh: Jewish St. Louis celebrates Pride Month

Rainbow Torah, pickleball pride and nosh: Jewish St. Louis celebrates Pride Month

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published June 2, 2025
Why the Three Stooges? A very serious conversation with myself.

Why the Three Stooges? A very serious conversation with myself.

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published June 2, 2025
4,000 years of Jewish history in one hour?

4,000 years of Jewish history in one hour?

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published June 2, 2025
The campus of Washington University in St. Louis.

WashU stepping up on world stage as antisemitism surges

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published June 2, 2025
Angela Sandler and Lisa Litvag—co-owners of Xplor Marketing and The Scout Guide St. Louis

Meet the Jewish duo turning St. Louis branding into a mitzvah

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 30, 2025
B’nai B’rith’s final gift to St. Louis: A plaque, a legacy, a quiet goodbye

B’nai B’rith’s final gift to St. Louis: A plaque, a legacy, a quiet goodbye

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 29, 2025
Alex Kor, son of Holocaust survivor Eva Kor

Could you forgive a Nazi? She did—for herself

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 28, 2025
Cheesecake recipes, commandments and a dairy-packed Shavuot bash

Cheesecake recipes, commandments and a dairy-packed Shavuot bash

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 27, 2025
Hope, help and jelly donuts: Temple Emanuel’s drive-thru relief

Hope, help and jelly donuts: Temple Emanuel’s drive-thru relief

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 27, 2025
Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were identified as the two Israeli embassy staffers killed in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025. They had attended an embassy event to mark Israel's 77th Independence Day on May 10. (X)

‘She was one of us’: St. Louis reacts to murder of Kansas City native in DC shooting

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 22, 2025
Remembering Sgt Alvin Yale Esrock: A St. Louis hero lost over the Pacific, remembered at TI

Remembering Sgt Alvin Yale Esrock: A St. Louis hero lost over the Pacific, remembered at TI

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 22, 2025
Five questions with my Jewish allergist

Five questions with my Jewish allergist

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 21, 2025
1975 Jaws Movie Poster

The surprising Jewish story hiding beneath the surface of Jaws— screening in St. Louis for its 50th anniversary

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 21, 2025
A Tzitzel Bagel from Lefty's

The tzitzel bagel — a crunchy St. Louis classic with a century-old story

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 21, 2025
Emily Baker as Heidi. Photo by Patrick Huber

Going — or thinking of going — to The Heidi Chronicles? Here’s your pre-show cheat sheet

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 21, 2025
Local kids turned a day off into a day of giving after the St. Louis tornado

Local kids turned a day off into a day of giving after the St. Louis tornado

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 19, 2025
100 and going strong: Jewish centenarian veterans share their WWII memories — one last time

100 and going strong: Jewish centenarian veterans share their WWII memories — one last time

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 19, 2025
St. Louis is invited to meet 'the art spy' who saved Europe’s stolen masterpieces

St. Louis is invited to meet ‘the art spy’ who saved Europe’s stolen masterpieces

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 18, 2025
2025-2026 JA Board Members

Celebrating 40 Years of J Associates: The only women’s auxiliary of its kind in the country

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 18, 2025
The “Jews in the Lou” guys trade bagels for barn boots at R&R Ranch

The “Jews in the Lou” guys trade bagels for barn boots at R&R Ranch

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 14, 2025
St. Louis Cardinals mascot Fredbird before the game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jasen Vinlove-Imagn Images

Help make Fredbird a Hall of Famer while remembering his Jewish ‘family’ history

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 14, 2025
Sen. Kit Bond speaks at the Jewish Community Center in 1989. File photo by David M. Henschel

Sen. Kit Bond through the years: How the Jewish Light covered his legacy

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 13, 2025
Nevo Abutbul

Meet the 20-year-old Jewish mentalist bringing his mind-bending act to St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 13, 2025
Glenridge Elementary School.

Two arrested after antisemitic graffiti found at Clayton elementary school

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 12, 2025
11,237 calls, 1,300 births. Ambulance honoring U-City couple hits major milestone in Israel

11,237 calls, 1,300 births. Ambulance honoring U-City couple hits major milestone in Israel

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 12, 2025
A Voice Returns Home: Wally Rosen’s WWII record reunited with family after 82 years

A Voice Returns Home: Wally Rosen’s WWII record reunited with family after 82 years

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 11, 2025
They built bridges, broke barriers and now they'll be honored at the 2025 Tzedek Awards

They built bridges, broke barriers and now they’ll be honored at the 2025 Tzedek Awards

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 6, 2025
Myles Rosenblum.

After two years in Israel’s paratroopers, Myles Rosenblum comes home with a story to tell

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 4, 2025
Untitled (car on road),” c.1952,

What these four Jewish photographers saw on the road says everything about America

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 1, 2025
From UCity, he sends one short email every Friday—and it’s helping people rediscover Shabbat

From UCity, he sends one short email every Friday—and it’s helping people rediscover Shabbat

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 1, 2025
A decade of Shabbat, sufganiyot and showing up: Maryville Hillel turns 10

A decade of Shabbat, sufganiyot and showing up: Maryville Hillel turns 10

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published May 1, 2025
Rabbi Randy Fleisher, nicknamed “Dylan,” with a cool, tassled jacket, a guitar and a head full of curls that made him look like Bob Dylan.

From campfires to CRC: Rabbi Randy marks 25 years of connection and community

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 30, 2025
Wally Rosen in uniform in 1942, and the record he recorded for his family in 1943.

A lost voice, a found family and a record coming home: A Jewish Light story closes the circle

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 30, 2025
Barry Edelstein.

The Spielberg of Shakespeare is coming to St. Louis— How Jewish tradition helped him unlock the Bard

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 29, 2025
Former UH president, Ron Gieseke, turned his baseball obsession into a book—and a second act

Former UH president, Ron Gieseke, turned his baseball obsession into a book—and a second act

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 29, 2025
A bust of Louis Brandeis is exhibited in a courtroom in the Old Courthouse.

Old Courthouse reopening shines light on Louis Brandeis’ early legal career in St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 29, 2025
Co-owners Doug Goldenberg and Scott Lefton.

Lefty’s Bagel’s new café officially opening June 16!

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 28, 2025
Dennis Klopfenstein. Klopfenstein is being held on $500,000, cash only, no 10% bond.

Jewish security network stops repeat offender charged with harassment after targeting Jewish institutions across St. Louis County

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 25, 2025
New year, new Mah Jongg madness: What’s hot (and what’s a trap) on the 2025 card

New year, new Mah Jongg madness: What’s hot (and what’s a trap) on the 2025 card

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 23, 2025
Alicia Silverstone, reprising the role of Cher Horowitz in an ad for Rakuten. by Youtube screenshot

Alicia Silverstone returns as Cher in a new ‘Clueless’ series—this time, it’s officially Jewish

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 23, 2025
Oct 18, 2023; Arlington, Texas, USA; Former Texas Rangers player Ian Kinsler is introduced to throw out the first pitch before game three of the ALCS against the Houston Astros for the 2023 MLB playoffs at Globe Life Field.

Former Mizzou star Ian Kinsler returns as Team Israel manager for 2026 WBC

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 23, 2025
Deborah Ben-Aderet and Arielle Turover Cohen.

From terror to healing: survivor of Oct. 7 attack shares her story in St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 23, 2025
David Palatnik and Dafna Revah.

A Jewish approach to wellness: Local couple behind CBD Kratom acquires WellBeing Brewing

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 22, 2025
Antisemitism in Missouri hits high levels again as debate grows over new state bill

Antisemitism in Missouri hits high levels again as debate grows over new state bill

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 22, 2025
Darius Milhaud (Milken Archive of Jewish Music) and Vally Weigl (Karl Weigl Foundation)

They fled the Nazis, but their music survived—and now it’s coming to St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 21, 2025
Performance artist Tim Youd and Stanley Lawrence Elkin (May 11, 1930-May 31, 1995) an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist.

He types. He reads. He doesn’t sleep. And it’s all for legendary Jewish St. Louis author, Stanley Elkin

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 21, 2025
One Yiddish phrase, two generations of guilt—and love

One Yiddish phrase, two generations of guilt—and love

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 20, 2025
NCJWSTL’s next Coffee Talk brews up nostalgia for Frank & Helen's, Tony's and Imo's

NCJWSTL’s next Coffee Talk brews up nostalgia for Frank & Helen’s, Tony’s and Imo’s

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 20, 2025
1928 Citroën B14 Coupe

Your guide to finding Jewish stories we featured inside ‘Roaring’ at the Art Museum

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 18, 2025
John Pertzborn with the USO record featuring Wally Rosen.

His voice reached St. Louis in 1943 on a record. Now, thanks to John Pertzborn, it’s being heard again.

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 18, 2025

Did you ever think you’d hear Springsteen sing Dayenu? Now you can. Sort of.

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 17, 2025
One mystery donor. Hundreds of voices. A legacy saved.

One mystery donor. Hundreds of voices. A legacy saved.

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 16, 2025
WashU’s Ayala Hendin returning to Israel, but not before one final conversation

WashU’s Ayala Hendin returning to Israel, but not before one final conversation

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 15, 2025
1928 Citroën B14 Coupe

The hidden Jewish stories we found inside SLAM’s ‘Roaring’ exhibit

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 15, 2025
Some Yiddish things my bubbe said to me

Some Yiddish things my bubbe said to me

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 14, 2025
St. Louis Holocaust Museum scrambles to save survivor stories after funds cut

St. Louis Holocaust Museum scrambles to save survivor stories after funds cut

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 14, 2025
Yom HaShoah event to honor Holocaust survivors and the journalists who told their stories

Yom HaShoah event to honor Holocaust survivors and the journalists who told their stories

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 14, 2025
St. Louis synagogue launches new podcast inviting us to live 'Jewishly… out loud'

St. Louis synagogue launches new podcast inviting us to live ‘Jewishly… out loud’

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 13, 2025
Lenny Kravitz performs during the 2016 Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center. Jack Gruber-USA TODAY NETWORK

He wears a chai, he eats matzo and he’s coming to Forest Park: Lenny Kravitz returns to STL

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 10, 2025
The Passover Project Players back on stage for 2025.

Standing room only—and no matzah ball soup left—at St. Louis’ musical seder

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 8, 2025
No bourbon, no beer, no problem: 5 drinks that are totally Passover-approved

No bourbon, no beer, no problem: 5 drinks that are totally Passover-approved

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 7, 2025
Rabbi Rocki Schy-Brunson

Temple Emanuel’s new rabbi brings warmth, vision—and a passion for community

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 6, 2025
Six13’s new Passover parody drops: Bruno Mars meets matzah

Six13’s new Passover parody drops: Bruno Mars meets matzah

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 3, 2025
The unlikely WWII seder that reminded a Jewish sailor who he was, 80 years later

The unlikely WWII seder that reminded a Jewish sailor who he was, 80 years later

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 2, 2025
Pres. Harry Truman from the “The Trials of Harry S. Truman,” by Jeffrey Frank

When Missouri’s own Harry S. Truman’s addressed Jewish troops for Passover 1945

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published April 2, 2025
Dr. Harley Hammerman brings back Balaban’s & Chez Leon memories in latest podcast drop

Dr. Harley Hammerman brings back Balaban’s & Chez Leon memories in latest podcast drop

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 31, 2025
'Jews in the Lou': Real conversations over pastrami, pickles and Jewish identity

‘Jews in the Lou’: Real conversations over pastrami, pickles and Jewish identity

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 30, 2025
Dr. Ayala Hendin and Dr. Mona Khoury.

Is Israel living up to its promise? 5 things to know before this powerful series at Shaare Emeth

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 28, 2025
Jewish Jokes: Did you hear the one about dusting?

Jewish Jokes: Did you hear the one about dusting?

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 27, 2025
Sterling silver Keser Torah Award. Gift of Lucy Beatrice Hencke Hume Bauman.

Missouri History Museum unveils rare ‘Crown of the Torah’ in new exhibit

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 27, 2025
The kosher hot dog stand is back at Busch — but it never really left. Now it’s called Stuie’s.

The kosher hot dog stand is back at Busch — but it never really left. Now it’s called Stuie’s.

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 26, 2025
(L) Jayson Heil in "All My Sons." (R) Jacob Schmidt and Spencer Sickmann in "Trayf."

From “Trayf” to triumph: New Jewish Theatre actors snag spotlight at awards gala

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 26, 2025

Bottom of the email photos

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 26, 2025
Buzz Spector in his studio. Photo: Kristi Foster 

Buzz Spector brings art & memory back to St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 25, 2025
Sarah Kitchner in Chicago with Birthright.

She’s taking Mizzou students to Israel—here’s why it matters

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 25, 2025
Jessica Radloff, a St. Louis native and author launches "The Official Big Bang Theory Podcast."

St. Louis native Jessica Radloff launches ‘Big Bang Theory’ podcast, taking fans behind the scenes

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 25, 2025
Shmuel Goodman

He lost everything, beat cancer and rebuilt his life—here’s what he told St. Louis Jews

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 24, 2025
The YIVO building in Vilna, left, and its new home near Union Square, right, tell a story of assimilation and the struggle for continuity. Photo by YIVO Archives/Gryffindor/Wikimedia Commons

The secret stash that saved Yiddish culture—and why St. Louis should care today

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 23, 2025
Lefty's Bagels, Facebook

This St. Louis bagel shop just donated 41,000 reasons to love them

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 21, 2025
St. Louis BBYO teens make their mark at International Convention 2025

St. Louis BBYO teens make their mark at International Convention 2025

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 20, 2025
A reader saw this hilarious Jewish film and wanted to know: Is it coming to St. Louis?

A reader saw this hilarious Jewish film and wanted to know: Is it coming to St. Louis?

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 20, 2025
St. Louis’ own Karlie Kloss is adding to her growing Jewish family—baby No. 3 on the way!

St. Louis’ own Karlie Kloss is adding to her growing Jewish family—baby No. 3 on the way!

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 18, 2025
"October 8" documentary now playing in St. Louis, plays Jewish Film Festival in April

“October 8” documentary now playing in St. Louis, plays Jewish Film Festival in April

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 17, 2025
Team Berg

The Berg Team reigns supreme at Battle of the Stars—again!

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 16, 2025
Spencer Davis Milford as the Emcee and Hailey Medrano as Sally.

What to know before you see ‘Cabaret’ at the New Jewish Theatre

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 16, 2025
Patrick Sloan.

18-year-old arrested in connection with racist graffiti at Affton schools

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 13, 2025
Affton schools vandalized again—racist graffiti prompts outrage, police investigating

Affton schools vandalized again—racist graffiti prompts outrage, police investigating

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 12, 2025
St. Louis' Women With Chutzpah: Rosa Sonneschein

St. Louis’ Women With Chutzpah: Rosa Sonneschein

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 12, 2025
A Palestine Teach-In and Rally was held at Jubilee Park in Clifton on June 6, 2021. Members of Neturei Karta International, a group of Jews united against Zionism praying for the speedy and peaceful dismantlement of the state of Israel, rally in support of Palestinians. Clifton Palestinianrally 002

Is anti-Zionism Antisemitic? 5 things to know before this powerful lecture at WashU

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 12, 2025
The Great Schmear Debate: Why some flavors should be illegal

The Great Schmear Debate: Why some flavors should be illegal

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 11, 2025
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, separated by heavy wire screen as they leave U.S. Court House after being found guilty by jury.

Shocking secrets of the Rosenberg trial—new podcast reveals hidden truths

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 10, 2025
Kosher and kosher-style bagels in St. Louis: what you need to know

Kosher and kosher-style bagels in St. Louis: what you need to know

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 10, 2025
David Schwimmer at the ADL Heroes Against Hate

David Schwimmer calls on Jewish stars to speak out at ADL summit

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 6, 2025
Unleash Your Pen: B'nai Brith is confronting antisemitism with new essay contest

Unleash Your Pen: B’nai Brith is confronting antisemitism with new essay contest

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
Published March 6, 2025
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