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St. Louis Jewish Light

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St. Louis Jewish Light

Miami rabbi: At least 50 Jewish missing in Surfside collapse

Miami rabbi: At least 50 Jewish missing in Surfside collapse

Louis Keene, THE FORWARDPublished June 29, 2021

This article originally appeared at forward.com. Reposted with permission. A Miami rabbi who is providing spiritual support to grieving families near the Surfside, Fla., disaster site estimated that at least 50 Jewish people — and perhaps many more...

Biggest federation trip to Israel in years brings more than 700 from Miami

By Uriel Heilman, JTAPublished April 26, 2012

From afar it appeared to be a luminescent snake, twinkling in the dusk that was just beginning to cloak the desert mountains framing the Dead Sea. Upon closer inspection it turned out to be hundreds of Jews from South Florida bearing glow sticks making...

‘David’ is highlight of annual film festival

by Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish LightPublished November 9, 2011

"David," a film about friendship and tolerance, will be featured in the St. Louis International Film Festival as part of its Jewish Sidebar. Although the film's director, Joel Fendelman, is based in New York, he has family roots in St. Louis. "David"...

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