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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

‘Nicky’s Family’

Kindertransport brought to life in ‘Nicky’s Family’

By Larry Levin, Publisher/CEOPublished June 6, 2012

“Nicky’s Family” is really at least four movies all rolled into one. Or rather, three stories, with one told twice. The award-winning film, by Mateij Minac and Patrik Pass, tells the remarkable tale of Sir Nicholas Winton’s heroic efforts to get...

Milos Pojar, post-communist Czechoslovakia’s first envoy to Israel, dies

JTAPublished January 24, 2012

Milos Pojar, post-communist Czechoslovakia's first ambassador to Israel, has died in Prague at the age of 71. The Czech media said Pojar, a writer, historian and diplomat, died Monday in a hospital in the Czech capital. As Czechoslovakia's first ambassador...

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