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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

A look at Biden’s Jewish picks for staff, Cabinet

Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished December 3, 2020

This feature is dedicated to the memory of Melvin L. Newmark, St. Louis attorney and Jewish community leader, who served as president of the Jewish Light Board of Trustees from l969-l972. In his memory, Mr. Newmark’s family and friends established...

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (second from right), marches at Selma with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Bunche, Rep. John Lewis, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and Rev. C.T. Vivian. (Courtesy of Susannah Heschel)

The Torch has passed—but to whom?

Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished December 7, 2017

In today’s bitterly divisive political climate, alliances that were once enduring appear to have grown increasingly estranged from one another. A couple of recent events occurring within weeks of each other are reminders of the once solid relationship...

‘Casimir visits Esterka,’ an 1870 painting by Władysław Łuszczkiewicz. 

Affairs of state: How Jewish mistresses played major roles in history

BY ROBERT A. COHN | Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished December 28, 2016

“Show me the fiercest general and he will tremble before a skirt.” — Napoleon Bonaparte   Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Jewish-born actress and femme fatale who died Dec. 18 at the age of 99, collected nine husbands and countless lovers during her long...

Jews and theater

Judith Newmark, Special to the Jewish LightPublished December 26, 2013

Editor’s Note: St. Louis Post-Dispatch theater critic Judith Newmark recently delivered this talk on Jewish-American theater at the Brodsky Library. When my daughter Jordan was a sixth-grader at Solomon Schechter Day School, Rabbi Mordecai Miller...

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