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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

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

St. Louis Jewish Light

Jeff and Randy Vines (above) and Lory Cooper (below) are two of the featured interviews in the Jewish Light’s video series, “Why Be Jewish” which launches at an April 4 event.  

Why Be Jewish? project, event shine light on how Judaism resonates today

By Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished March 28, 2019

April 4 event at .ZACK highlights stories of 20- and 30-something Jews in St. LouisThere’s no one way to be Jewish in 2019 America. At least that’s one of the themes the Jewish Light discovered when it embarked on its “Why Be Jewish?” video...

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...

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