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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

We Remember: Songs of Survivors now available on Nine PBS

“We Remember: Songs of Survivors” now available on Nine PBS

Dan Buffa, Special For The Jewish LightPublished April 27, 2022

"Many documentaries exist about the Holocaust. However, few have taken such a unique approach to telling these horrific stories." In remembering something so life-changing and tragic, yet hopeful and connective in its actions and impact, doing...

Rachel Weisz plays Holocaust studies professor, Deborah Lipstadt who faces off with writer David Irving in ‘Denial.’

‘Denial’ recounts 90’s Holocaust court battle

By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 5, 2016

“Denial” is a film adaption of Deborah Lipstadt’s book “History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier.” In the late 1990s, British writer David Irving sued Jewish-American historian Lipstadt in British court for libel, for calling...

‘The Last Mentsch’

St. Louis Jewish Film Festival plans summer events

Published June 23, 2016

The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival continues its 21st year with two events at the Jewish Community Center’s Arts & Education Building, 2 Millstone Campus Drive. At 4 p.m. Sunday, July 10, the festival will present a double feature. The first film,...

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