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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

Rabbi Yonason Goldson of University City delivers a TEDx conference talk on ‘How I Became My Own Worst Nightmare’ in Colorado Springs. IMAGE: YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT

St. Louis rabbi promotes empathy in TED talk

By Eric Berger, Associate EditorPublished August 22, 2019

When Louis and Sarah Block Yeshiva High School closed in 2016, Rabbi Yonason Goldson, who spent two decades teaching there, said he “had to decide what I wanted to do when I grow up.”Goldson, 59, of University City, turned to public speaking, not...

Ed Finkelstein

Five questions with Ed Finkelstein, longtime Labor Tribune publisher

By Eric Berger, Staff WriterPublished August 17, 2018

Ed Finkelstein, publisher of the St. Louis/Southern Illinois Labor Tribune, along with supporters of organized labor in Missouri earned a big victory last week with the defeat of Proposition A, the so-called right-to-work measure. Finkelstein, 80, has...

Marci Mayer Eisen

Five questions for Marci Mayer Eisen

By Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished May 17, 2018

Marci Mayer Eisen is the Director of the Millstone Institute at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and primary staff person for JProStl, community-wide collaborations to connect, train and inspire professionals and volunteer leaders. Eisen previously...

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