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

Jason Alexander’s Aurora tweets, Dunham’s Jewish Emmy response, Bieber endorses Jewish singer

By JTA Staff, 6NoBaconPublished July 24, 2012

NEW YORK — When tragedy struck last week in Aurora, Colo., Jewish celebrities were among those who took to Twitter to express their shock, outrage and sadness at news that a gunman had opened fire in a crowded theater showing “The Dark Knight Rises,"...

Avi Kaplan goofs off after a show. Kaplan’s a capella group, Pentatonix, came in first place on the NBC reality show ‘The Sing-Off.’

‘The Sing-Off’ winner shares his story

By Jennifer Rubin, Parkway Central High SchoolPublished March 19, 2012

Avi Kaplan, 22, moved to Southern California only four years ago to pursue his musical dream. He never imagined that he would be on the stage of NBC’s a cappella reality show, “The Sing-Off” and win. Kaplan and his group, Pentatonix, showed the...

Obama: U.S. and Israel in ‘lockstep’ on Iran

JTAPublished February 5, 2012

WASHINGTON -- President Obama said Israel and the United States will work in "lockstep" to keep Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. In a pre-Super Bowl interview on NBC on Sunday, Obama discounted reports that Israel was getting ready to strike Iran....

Ellen Futterman

Picture perfect summer vacation

By Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished August 10, 2011

I don't know about you, but I'm still trying to get my arms around the notion that school starts on Monday. In the East where I grew up, school always began after Labor Day and ended in late June. My Midwest friends tell me that used to be the case here,...

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