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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
All content by Menachem Wecker
The Christopher Columbus tomb in Seville cathedral in Spain.

[Photo] Caution advised about report Christopher Columbus was Jewish

Published October 14, 2024
Esther Panitch, a state representative, in the Georgia House of Representatives chamber in the state Capitol in Atlanta, on Jan. 25, 2024. Credit: Georgia House of Representatives.

‘My southern Jewish … way of saying bless their hearts,’ says state rep who buys trees in Israel for trolls

Menachem Wecker, JNS
Published April 16, 2024
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Flickr, creative commons.

Senator asks Biden to clarify if US sees Jerusalem as part of ‘West Bank’

Menachem Wecker, JNS
Published February 21, 2024
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)

“Squad” member votes ‘present’ as House unanimously condemns Hamas for rape

Menachem Wecker, Jewish News Syndicate
Published February 14, 2024
The home of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Understanding the importance of YIVO and how it’s saving 1,000 years of Jewish history

Menachem Wecker, JNS
Published August 8, 2023
The Ari Halberstam Memorial Ramp leading up to the Brooklyn Bridge photographed in July 2014. Photo by Paul Sableman/Wikipedia.

ADL offers $50,000 reward for info on 1994 antisemitic murder

David Swindle and Menachem Wecker
Published July 10, 2023
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