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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

Elizabeth Schlesinger serves as co-chair of the National Board of Governors for the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ civil rights organization.

LGBTQ champion applauds Missouri court rulings

By Eric Berger, Associate EditorPublished March 7, 2019

This story is part of our “36 and Under” series, which highlights interesting Jews age 36 and under who either live in St. Louis or have spent a significant amount of time here. If you would like to recommend someone for this intermittent feature,...

St. Louis native part of team that develops pill form of insulin injection

St. Louis native part of team that develops pill form of insulin injection

By Eric Berger, Associate EditorPublished February 14, 2019

See if you can swallow this one: Alex Abramson, a John Burroughs School graduate, is part of a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that has invented a device that could allow people with diabetes to receive insulin orally rather than through...

St. Louis bass player Simon Chervitz.

Bassist juggles multiple bands and diverse genres

BY ERIC BERGER, STAFF WRITERPublished January 24, 2019

Simon Chervitz plays bass guitar in so many local bands, it makes you wonder how he manages to keep the rhythm. There’s the Cara Louise Band (Americana); Defeated County (indie-rock); Spatula (prog-rock); and Illphonics (hip-hop fusion). Plus “a tap...

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