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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

Antwerps Jewish district has something of the feel of a modernshtetl.

In Belgium, national rupture spreads to Jews

By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTAPublished April 29, 2012

BRUSSELS -- Few Jewish couples define their marriage as “mixed” just because bride and groom were born and raised 30 miles apart in the same country. But Linda and Bernard Levy live in Belgium, a country whose long experiment in fusing two distinct...

Canadian ombudsman declares journalist’s Israel reporting biased

By Marcy Oster, JTAPublished February 19, 2012

TORONTO -- A Canadian journalist's reports from Israel have been declared biased and inaccurate by her own news outlet's standards watchdog. In a pointed rebuke, the ombudsman for Radio-Canada, the French-language arm of Canada's state broadcaster, said...

Melanie Laurent stars in ‘The Concert.’

Uplifting comedy ‘The Concert’ strikes the right chord

By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish LightPublished April 21, 2011

"The Concert" ("Le Concert") is a French-language film, based on a true story, about an aging Russian orchestra conductor whose career was ruined under the old Soviet Union over its anti-Semitic policies. Now he's trying to make a comeback, but under...

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