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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 Josefin Dolsten

‘RBG’ filmmakers hope to inspire Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s millennial fans with new documentary

Josefin Dolsten
Published April 29, 2018
Jason Greenblatt addresses the American Jewish Committee’s Women’s Leadership Board spring luncheon in New York, April 24, 2018. (Ellen Dubin Photography)

Jason Greenblatt says Hamas uses Gaza protests ‘as cover to attack Israeli troops’

Josefin Dolsten
Published April 24, 2018

What it’s like to support Israel at NYU

Josefin Dolsten
Published April 23, 2018

Jewish Currents, a 72-year-old left-wing magazine, wants to appeal to millennials

Josefin Dolsten
Published April 17, 2018

51 NYU student groups pledge to boycott Israel and its pro-Israel backers

Josefin Dolsten
Published April 13, 2018

US astronaut records Holocaust remembrance message in space

Josefin Dolsten
Published April 12, 2018
Rabbinical students at Hebrew College near Boston, including Gita Karasov, left, are creating a video that shows women, transgender and non-binary Jews demonstrating how to wear tefillin. (Dena Trugman)

This video will feature women and transgender Jews teaching you how to wear tefillin

Josefin Dolsten
Published April 10, 2018

Israelis want a solution to the African migrants crisis, though few want them to stay

Josefin Dolsten
Published April 5, 2018
Mordechai Schachter, third from left in top row, with fellow soldiers who fought in Israel’s War of Independence. (Courtesy of Schachter)

Israel at 70: A Holocaust survivor recalls fighting in Israel’s War of Independence

Josefin Dolsten
Published April 4, 2018

Some Jewish artifacts from Libya can still be brought into US, despite new import restrictions

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 27, 2018

Want a SpielBurger? Carl’s Jr. chain named a burger after Steven Spielberg

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 27, 2018
Unidentified medical personnel from Hadassah Medical Center in Israel and the Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia, confer during a Hadassah team’s mission in Ethiopia to perform spinal surgeries on young patients, March 2018. (Courtesy of Hadassah)

Israeli doctors perform lifesaving spinal surgeries in Ethiopia

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 26, 2018

These 5 works by Israeli artists will make you rethink the seder plate

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 26, 2018
Marchers with the National Council of Jewish Women and other Jewish organizations assembled on the National Mall for the Women’s March on Washington, Jan. 21, 2017. (Ron Sachs)

Progressive Jews say they won’t give up on the Women’s March

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 22, 2018
Susan Goldberg is National Geographic Magazine’s first female and Jewish editor-in-chief. (Courtesy of National Geographic)

National Geographic’s first Jewish editor in chief opens up about racism in the magazine’s past

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 21, 2018

Jewish summer camp group launches initiative to prevent sexual harassment, abuse

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 19, 2018

The first Torah reading in orbit and 5 other fun facts about Jews in space

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 16, 2018

A new study for cancer risk in Ashkenazi Jews aims to be a model for genetic testing

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 13, 2018
Rachel Laser is the new executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Photo: Rick Reinhard

Meet the first Jew and woman to lead US group working to separate religion and government

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 12, 2018

This Jewish Parkland survivor hid in a closet during the shooting. Now he advocates for gun reform.

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 7, 2018

139 Jewish day school leaders sign letter calling for action after Parkland shooting

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 6, 2018

Netflix included her in a documentary about leaving Orthodox Judaism. They didn’t say she was gay.

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 5, 2018

This teen had a gender neutral b’nei mitzvah

Josefin Dolsten
Published March 1, 2018

US agrees to Libyan request that activists say prevents Jewish artifacts from leaving the country

Josefin Dolsten
Published February 22, 2018

Florida congressman’s kids are using hamantaschen to help end gun violence

Josefin Dolsten
Published February 22, 2018

Former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire just launched a line of kosher wines

Josefin Dolsten
Published February 21, 2018

These Jewish women say celebrating Purim in the #MeToo era is different

Josefin Dolsten
Published February 20, 2018
Alyssa Alhadeff (Oregon Youth Soccer Association/Facebook)

Mom of Jewish girl killed in Florida shooting begs Trump: ‘Please do something’

Josefin Dolsten
Published February 15, 2018
The #ShareHerStory campaign highlights Jewish women of color, Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews who are community leaders. (Courtesy of #ShareHerStory)

Jewish women of color highlighted in new campaign

Josefin Dolsten
Published February 13, 2018

This Israeli-Ethiopian woman brings the food of her cultures to Harlem

Josefin Dolsten
Published February 13, 2018

Organic, gluten-free and locally sourced food — now available at Jewish summer camp

Josefin Dolsten
Published February 7, 2018
Sawyer Goldsmith is the religion/education vice president for the international board of USY. (Courtesy of USY)

Meet the first openly transgender teen elected to the board of USY

Josefin Dolsten
Published February 6, 2018

The Super Bowl’s best commercial starred a rabbi

Josefin Dolsten
Published February 5, 2018

How New York Times editor Bari Weiss found herself at the center of the #MeToo debate

Josefin Dolsten
Published February 2, 2018

What it’s like to be Jewish in South Korea

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 30, 2018

In this West African country, a Jewish community is forming

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 26, 2018

Israeli illustrator Michel Kichka on ‘fake news,’ why he feels high in NYC and his next graphic novel

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 24, 2018

Ruth Bader Ginsburg likes how she’s portrayed on ‘SNL’

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 22, 2018

Jewish groups gear up for Women’s March 2018, Zionism controversy and all

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 19, 2018

This Jewish day school is hosting a drag queen Shabbat ceremony

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 18, 2018

I put Natalie Portman, Jared Kushner and other famous Jews into Google Face Match

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 16, 2018

Family and friends remember Blaze Bernstein, Jewish college student found dead by police

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 12, 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle surprise Jewish woman who wished them ‘mazel tov’

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 10, 2018

Support for Israel among young evangelicals is solid but slipping, says new survey

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 10, 2018

Israeli hospital sends delegation to cholera-stricken Zambia

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 10, 2018

Why ‘Call Me By Your Name’ is such a Jewish movie

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 8, 2018

Overweight Israeli hedgehogs go on a diet

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 4, 2018

Camp establishes scholarship in memory of family killed in Costa Rica plane crash

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 3, 2018

Jewish families killed in Costa Rica crash remembered for passionate social justice work

Josefin Dolsten
Published January 2, 2018

Oy yay! ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ is coming to NY in Yiddish

Josefin Dolsten
Published December 28, 2017

Lorde cancelled her concert in Israel. Here’s what 5 other artists did this year.

Josefin Dolsten
Published December 27, 2017

HQ Trivia host Scott Rogowsky dishes on his cringeworthy Bar Mitzvah

Josefin Dolsten
Published December 26, 2017

Mormons are baptizing Holocaust victims, Lubavitcher rebbe and celebrities, researcher says

Josefin Dolsten
Published December 22, 2017

The 7 most heartwarming Jewish stories of 2017

Josefin Dolsten
Published December 22, 2017

The top 10 moments that mattered to Jews in 2017

Josefin Dolsten
Published December 21, 2017
Amy Schumer learned details about her Jewish relatives on Season 4, Episode 10 of “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates Jr.,” which aired on Dec. 19, 2017. (Screenshot from PBS)

Amy Schumer on learning about her Jewish ancestors: ‘I think this will change me’

Josefin Dolsten
Published December 20, 2017

The Sulzberger family: A complicated Jewish legacy at The New York Times

Josefin Dolsten
Published December 18, 2017

The 5 weirdest menorahs we’ve seen this Hanukkah

Josefin Dolsten
Published December 14, 2017

A boy murdered for his gelt and 4 other wild Hanukkah stories from the past 100 years

Josefin Dolsten
Published December 13, 2017

Turns out, a Jewish woman was Miss Germany in 2011

Josefin Dolsten
Published December 1, 2017

Linda Sarsour gets warm welcome at controversial panel on anti-Semitism

Josefin Dolsten
Published November 29, 2017

Conservative movement launches hotline for reporting sexual impropriety in response to allegation by former USY member

Josefin Dolsten
Published November 27, 2017

A Jewish woman is competing to be Miss Germany

Josefin Dolsten
Published November 24, 2017

Genesis Prize co-founder denies report that award to Ruth Bader Ginsburg was ‘consolation prize’

Josefin Dolsten
Published November 17, 2017

Jon Stewart crashes ‘Daily Show’ as a very Jewy Bernie Bernstein

Josefin Dolsten
Published November 17, 2017

The 5 weirdest kosher foods you’ll be eating in 2018

Josefin Dolsten
Published November 15, 2017

5 amazing discoveries from a trove of documents hidden during the Holocaust

Josefin Dolsten
Published November 15, 2017
CSS volunteers learn techniques to spot suspicious people in order to thwart potential attacks. (Courtesy of CSS)

This organization has trained 4,000 Jewish volunteers to keep synagogues safe

Josefin Dolsten
Published November 6, 2017

A Jewish-themed beard balm for hipsters and Hasids

Josefin Dolsten
Published October 31, 2017

You can now buy Bamba at Trader Joe’s

Josefin Dolsten
Published October 27, 2017

An Israeli chef in New York wants to shake up the way you think about spices

Josefin Dolsten
Published October 26, 2017

Richard Spencer will soon speak at the university with the largest Jewish student body in the US

Josefin Dolsten
Published October 17, 2017
Rabbis marching for immigrants’ rights outside the Trump Tower in New York, Oct. 9, 2017. (Courtesy of T’ruah)

A sukkah in a mosque and 4 other sukkahs meant to make the world a better place

Josefin Dolsten
Published October 10, 2017

Schumer: Don’t return trove of Jewish artifacts to Iraq

Josefin Dolsten
Published October 3, 2017

After Las Vegas shooting, rabbi uses High Holidays poem to protest gun violence

Josefin Dolsten
Published October 2, 2017

Swedish Jews celebrate Yom Kippur under heavy security as neo-Nazis march in major city

Josefin Dolsten
Published October 2, 2017

Israeli lawmaker doesn’t want a trove of Jewish artifacts returned to Iraq

Josefin Dolsten
Published September 28, 2017

Where Israeli-American college students gather to speak Hebrew and connect with their roots

Josefin Dolsten
Published September 27, 2017

Swedish court moves neo-Nazi march on Yom Kippur away from synagogue

Josefin Dolsten
Published September 25, 2017

That time Rachel McAdams tried to go undercover as an Orthodox Jew

Josefin Dolsten
Published September 18, 2017

Cornell and Israel’s Technion institute open high-tech campus in NY

Josefin Dolsten
Published September 13, 2017

The top 10 moments that mattered to Jews in 5777

Josefin Dolsten
Published September 12, 2017

Neo-Nazis plan to march near Swedish synagogue on Yom Kippur

Josefin Dolsten
Published September 12, 2017

Despite protests, State Department says it will return trove of Jewish artifacts to Iraq

Josefin Dolsten
Published September 8, 2017

Meet Mike Tolkin, the Jewish millennial running for NYC mayor

Josefin Dolsten
Published September 6, 2017

A former nightlife promoter wants to make volunteering easy and fun

Josefin Dolsten
Published September 5, 2017

Houston Jewish community ‘could take years’ to recover from Harvey

Josefin Dolsten
Published August 30, 2017

Israeli committee to propose outreach to non-Jews with Jewish roots, ‘emerging’ communities

Josefin Dolsten
Published August 28, 2017

The Jewish Food Society wants to preserve your grandma’s recipes — before they’re lost forever

Josefin Dolsten
Published August 25, 2017

When American Jews fought Nazis — in New Jersey

Josefin Dolsten
Published August 22, 2017

HuffPost Bannon headline ‘Goy, bye!’ creates backlash

Josefin Dolsten
Published August 18, 2017

Larry David, Bernie Sanders and Scarlett Johansson learn about their family histories in ‘Finding Your Roots’

Josefin Dolsten
Published August 14, 2017

This Michelin star pastry chef started her own knish company

Josefin Dolsten
Published August 14, 2017

New group for progressive Zionists to march in Chicago SlutWalk

Josefin Dolsten
Published August 10, 2017
Shir HaMaalot participants after Friday night services in Brooklyn, July 14, 2017. (Josefin Dolsten)

How these young Jews found spirituality outside the synagogue

Josefin Dolsten
Published August 9, 2017

This is what Jerusalem’s Gay Pride Parade looks like

Josefin Dolsten
Published August 3, 2017
More than half of the 114 Nicaraguans who converted to Judaism in July with help from the organization Kulanu claim Jewish ancestry in Managua, July 20, 2017. (Bonita Sussman)

114 people just converted to Judaism in Nicaragua

Josefin Dolsten
Published August 1, 2017

How volunteering becomes a way in for millennials distanced from the Jewish community

Josefin Dolsten
Published July 28, 2017

How Tisha b’Av can help us understand the refugee experience

Josefin Dolsten
Published July 25, 2017

Why Jews from Libya are worried about the fate of the country’s Jewish artifacts

Josefin Dolsten
Published July 21, 2017
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