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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

Lazer Lloyd

Lazer-like focus on music’s power to unify

By Eric Berger, Staff WriterPublished August 2, 2018

Lazer Lloyd, a blues-rock guitarist who lives in Beit Shemesh, Israel, doesn’t give short answers — even to seemingly simple questions like, “Do you describe yourself as Jewish?”“Well, I mean, I personally observe Shabbat, and I am trying to...

“My Dear Ones: One Family and the Final Solution” by Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg, Harper Collins, $35

Fading letters reveal family’s Holocaust story

By Burton Boxerman, Special to the Jewish LightPublished July 26, 2018

While Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg of New North London Synagogue was in Jerusalem visiting his father’s family, his father’s sister, Steffi, passed away. After Steffi’s burial, Wittenberg and his cousin Michal (Steffi’s daughter), began to clear...

St. Louis photographer Susan Stang’s image, ‘Champ de Mars, Paris 2012.’ The Sheldon has an exhibition of Stang’s work on display through April 30.

Toy camera connects photographer’s visions

By Sarah Weinman, Special to the LightPublished April 13, 2016

When her husband passed away in 2011 after a long illness, Jewish photographer and Webster University professor emeritus Susan Stang turned to her art to revive her spirit and creativity. This revival ultimately became the exhibition “reAPPEARANCES,”...

Passover Book

A new crop of Passover books for one kid — or many

By Penny Schwartz, JTAPublished April 13, 2016

Afikomen hunts, a rambunctious pup and the catchy classic “Dayenu.” All are featured in a half-dozen new Passover books for children that will inform and entertain even the littlest kid — or a whole herd of ‘em.The eight-day holiday kicks off...

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