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 nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Ari on the field with the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium.

11-year-old inspired many during battle with cancer

By Eric Berger, Staff writerPublished November 15, 2017

Arianna “Ari” Dougan loved the book “Fancy Nancy,” about a girl who loves to dress up fancy, “just like Ari,” her mother, Lori Zucker, said.  When they would read it, Ari would always ask to skip over the page where Nancy takes her family...

Rabbi James Stone Goodman is Immediate Past-President of the St. Louis Rabbinical Association.

Come together to save lives, give hope

By Rabbi James Stone GoodmanPublished January 4, 2017

As I write this, President Barack Obama is signing his last major bill into law, a $6.3 billion medical research bill devoted to cancer and other diseases. Attached to the legislation is a strategy to take on the nation’s mental health crisis. The...

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