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

The Holocaust Survivors and Descendants Group in 2009.

Holocaust Survivors and Descendants Group plans Hanukkah party

Published December 8, 2016

The St. Louis Holocaust Survivors and Descendants Group will hold a Hanukkah party from noon to 2 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Jewish Federation building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. The group is actively seeking new members — Holocaust survivors, their children,...

The certificate of registration issued to Hedy Wachenheimer (later Epstein), which she wore in May 1939, when she boarded the Kindertransport.   

Holocaust survivor, activist Hedy Epstein dies at 91

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished June 1, 2016

Hedy Epstein’s passion for the causes in which she believed was forged in the agony of the Holocaust, from which she escaped at the age of 14 via the Kindertransport.  Ms. Epstein died Thursday, May 26, at the age of 91.  She was at her Central West...

Ben Fainer and State Sen. Jill Schupp

HMLC Educators Event

Published February 19, 2015

Holocaust survivor Ben Fainer was guest speaker at an Educators Networking Reception held by the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center. Approximately 200 educators and dignitaries — including State Sen. Jill Schupp, State Rep.Sue Meredith and Brian...

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