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

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

St. Louis native Beth Wilensky’s recent viral tweet led to a deluge of donated frequent flyer miles for separated migrant  families.  

Frequent flyer miles mitzvah; Remembering Lynne

Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished August 16, 2018

The tweet heard ‘round the worldTo hear Beth Wilensky tell it, donating airline frequent flyer miles to help reunite refugee children who had been separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexican border was an easy gesture — tikkun olam, helping...

‘Hamilton’ cast member Mandy Gonzales will perform April 16 at a fundraiser for the non-profit literary magazine ‘december.’

‘Hamilton’ star says bubbe helped shape her musical path

Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished March 14, 2018

Got yourself a coveted ducat to see “Hamilton” when it plays in St. Louis April 3-22?Regardless of whether you do or don’t, you still can purchase tickets to Mandy Gonzalez when she performs at the Sheldon Concert Hall at 7 p.m. Monday, April 16....

The J plans Vegas-style fundraiser

Published October 13, 2016

What happens in Vegas will soon happen at Meadowbrook Country Club — at Jeans, Jewels & The J, an evening to benefit the Jewish Community Center on Saturday, Nov. 5.A committee, led by “pit bosses” Julie B. Stern and Erin Schuver, have planned...

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