![St. Louis hosting the JCC Maccabi Games was one of the major stories in the St. Louis Jewish Community in 2016. Maccabi photo: Mike Sherwin](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/1f2486a66850f19a689db5b895bfa639.jpg)
A look at 2016’s top stories in St. Louis Jewish news
Compiled by Jewish Light staff
• Published January 4, 2017
![Lois Severin of University City is hoping to make St. Louis — and beyond — a happier place by running for president on the ‘Smilocracy‘ party ticket.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/e063cbf1e4f29de8b8e026b7756250fb.jpg)
A candidate to smile about
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published September 15, 2016
![Eric Mink is a freelance writer and editor and teaches film studies at Webster University. He is a former columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Daily News in New York. Contact him at ericmink1@gmail.com.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/4d83a94ae53881ef67ec9e8faf39dec0.jpg)
How Trump can win the nomination
By Eric Mink
• Published April 6, 2016
![Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/17c68239e1c9aabb9820b6e49185ac6f.jpg)
The stakes changed after Scalia died
BY ERIC MINK
• Published March 2, 2016
![J. Martin Rochester, Curators’ Teaching Professor of Political Science at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, is author of 10 books on international and American politics, including the forthcoming “New Warfare: Rethinking Rules for An Unruly World.” In addition to teaching courses in international politics, international organization and law, and U.S. foreign policy, he has served as chair of the Political Science Dept. at UM-St. Louis.](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/f7ed60d00ef6ed8aa749dca4f63cc123-1.jpg)
Waiting for the political center to coalesce
By Marty Rochester
• Published February 25, 2016
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