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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

A replica of an ornate twin-towered synagogue in Bratislava was erected in the place where it stood until it and the entire Jewish quarter of the city were destroyed by communist authorities in the late 1960s to build a new bridge and highway.

In Poland and Slovakia, restoring awareness of a forgotten Jewish past

By Ruth Ellen Gruber, JTAPublished July 23, 2012

KRAKOW -- Thanks to a new iTunes app, new tourist routes and a towering replica of a destroyed synagogue, two “lost” Jewish cities in Europe are back on the map. One is the historic Jewish quarter of Bratislava, the Slovak capital, which survived...

Seeking Kin: Man hidden as baby hopes to honor father-rescuer

By Hillel Kuttler, JTAPublished January 13, 2012

1 out of 1 Other Media Karl Nurnberger sheltered a Jewish baby from the Nazis and later raised him, and now the son is searching for others aided by his adoptive father in order to get his heroism recognized by Yad Vashem. (Courtesy of Peter Nurnberger)...

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