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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

 

Politics, diplomacy are personal, Jack J. Schramm shows in memoir

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished March 15, 2017

Native St. Louisan Jack J. Schramm chronicles his half-century as a public servant at state, federal and international levels in a comprehensive memoir, “Passionate Purpose: A Global Governance Journey” (New Insights Press, $20). Schramm, who now...

Photo taken recently at the Tick Tock Tavern, 3459 Magnolia Ave, St. Louis. L-R clockwise from left: Nate Carpenter, keyboards; Grover Stewart, drums; Teddy Brookins, bass (partially obscured behind Jeff); Jeff Lazaroff, vocals and guitar; David Lazaroff, vocals and guitar; and Mark Hochberg, violin and sound design. Photo: Annie Martineau

Lazaroff album reflects on ‘Dangerous Times,’ need for hope

BY BARRY GILBERT, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished October 19, 2016

We are living in dangerous times, St. Louis singer–songwriters Jeff and David Lazaroff say, and Jews should be as sensitive to them as are African-Americans, Hispanics, Muslims and other “others” who have been targeted during this election season.“Dangerous...

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