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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

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Jewish clergy group changes name to include new cantorial members

Published May 2, 2019

The St. Louis Rabbinical Association has changed its name to reflect its welcoming of ordained cantors in to the organization. The group is now the St. Louis Rabbinical and Cantorial Association (STLRCA).Since its founding in 1955, the STLRCA has been...

Neal DuBro in front of his big rig.  Photo: Bill Motchan

18 wheels and a Shabbat shalom

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished September 14, 2016

That semitrailer driver you just passed on the highway might do a pretty decent job chanting the Shabbat blessing. That is, if the trucker is Neal DuBro.DuBro, 34, is a big-rig driver and the son of Cantor Paul DuBro. Neal never wanted to a rabbi, but...

Cantor Ron Eichaker is helping coach Olympic hopeful Sophia Rivera. 

Coaching cantor’s dedication to technique lifts Olympic hopeful

By Carol Wolf Solomon, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 15, 2016

What do ancient history, musical theater, Judaism and Olympic-level javelin throwing have in common? It’s taken Cantor Ron Eichaker the better part of a lifetime to figure it out. These seemingly disparate interests all perfectly align when you delve...

Visiting cantors to perform with Shaare Emeth’s Warner

Published May 14, 2010

At 7 p.m. Sunday, May 23 Congregation Shaare Emeth's Cantor Seth Warner will be joined by three of his colleagues for "Encore! Hearing is Believing." The performers are Cantor Steven Weiss from Hingham, Mass.; Rabbi Cantor Alison Wissot from Tarzana,...

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