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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

Sister Helen Prejean

An interview with Sister Helen Prejean

By Victoria Siegel, Special to the Jewish LightPublished August 24, 2011

Sister Helen Prejean, author of the best-selling book turned award-winning movie, "Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States," was in town this weekend to attend the Missouri premiere of the opera based on her book....

Elise Quagliata and Jordan Shanahan perform in Union Avenue
Operas production of ‘Dead Man Walking. Photo: Ron Lindsey

Opera deftly explores capital punishment

By Larry Levin, Publisher/CEOPublished August 24, 2011

The fine staging of "Dead Man Walking" at Union Avenue Opera, which continues this weekend, begins much as did Opera Theatre of St. Louis' production of "The Death of Klinghoffer" - namely, at the scene of the crime. Yet while both find their titles and...

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