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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

Rachel Miller

Local Holocaust survivor’s story told through live performance

Published October 30, 2013

When Suzanne Tanner met St. Louisan Rachel Goldman Miller, both women embarked on what Tanner calls a “destined” journey. One stop along the way: the St. Louis performance of “Beyond Me: A Song Cycle in the Key of Survival,” which celebrates Miller’s...

True story of remarkable rescue to screen at HMLC

Published September 18, 2013

The next film in the Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series is a remarkable documentary about a woman who rescued her Jewish neighbors. “No. 4 Street of Our Lady,” which will screen at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29 in the Holocaust Museum’s...

Kent Hirschfelder

Museum’s milestone celebrated with tributes to survivors and WWII veterans

By Kent HirschfelderPublished May 10, 2013

At the recent 20th Anniversary Gala for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., Elie Wiesel spoke passionately about the Shoah to the many young people in the crowd saying, “You are the flag bearers…your memory inherits ours.”...

‘Au Revoir Les Enfants’ to screen at HMLC

Published March 20, 2013

The March film in the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center’s Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will be “Au Revoir Les Enfants.” The film will be screened at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 31 in the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center’s...

Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus of the St. Louis Jewish Light

Anti-Semitism exhibit is chilling reminder of enduring hatred

By Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished December 26, 2012

The St. Louis Jewish Community Archives, which operates within — and in cooperation with — the Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library, is a treasure-trove of documents, artifacts and other information of Jewish life in St. Louis, dating back to 1807. ...

Jewish Community Relations Council Executive Director Batya Abramson-Goldstein (left) talks with HMLC director Jean Cavender and Federation CEO/President Andrew Rehfeld during the opening of the ‘Standing for Justice’ exhibit. Abramson-Goldstein was the guest speaker at the opening event. Photo: Philip Deitch

Exhibit on discrimination and anti-Semitism opens at HMLC

Published December 19, 2012

The St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center (HMLC) recently opened a new exhibition, “Standing for Justice 1930-1950: Documentation from the St. Louis Jewish Community Archives,” which will run through the end of January. The exhibition, including...

Holocaust Museum opens new exhibit on discrimination and anti-Semitism

Published December 5, 2012

The St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center will open a new exhibition, “Standing for Justice 1930-1950: Documentation from the St. Louis Jewish Community Archives” from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16. Batya Abramson-Goldstein, executive director...

Holocaust Museum to debut ‘Change Begins With Me’ exhibit

Published November 21, 2012

A 65-inch interactive touch screen that offers modern examples of hate, discrimination and ethnic conflict is the newest exhibit to open in the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center. The exhibition was done in partnership with the Anti-Defamation...

Holocaust Museum and Learning Center docent Irl Solomon leads a tour of the museum earlier this year. File photo: Mike Sherwin

HMLC seeks docents

Published September 19, 2012

The St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center is looking for Museum docents with good communication skills to lead tours for diverse groups – from middle-school children to older adults. This is an opportunity for volunteers interested in teaching...

Sara and Leo Wolf are pictured at their home last week. The couple, both Holocaust survivors, were active in the founding of the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center. The HMLC plans to honor the couple during an event Aug. 5.

HMLC to honor survivors instrumental in museum’s founding

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish LightPublished July 18, 2012

Ask Leo Wolf how many relatives he lost and the 91-year-old Creve Coeur man returns an answer simple enough to sum up what everybody should know about the Holocaust. “Enough,” he said. But thanks to Wolf, whose entire family vanished in the camps...

Holocaust Museum hits new daily attendance record

Published April 25, 2012

The St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center broke its daily visitor attendance record on Thursday, April 12, when 400 students on seven scheduled tours went through the museum. The students were from middle and high schools, private and religious...

Aleksander Reznik, accompanied by his family, lights a candle during the 2011 Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration. File Photo: Andrew Kerman
 

Yom HaShoah Commemoration features survivors’ stories

Published April 11, 2012

Hundreds of St. Louisans will mark Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 22 at Congregation Temple Israel, #1 Rabbi Alvan D. Rubin Drive. Yom HaShoah memorializes the six million Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust. This...

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