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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

Elizabeth Slonim Macanufo is a freelance writer. She and her husband live in St. Louis with their three children. 

When hate flies down the street

By Elizabeth Slonim Macanufo, Special to the Jewish LightPublished January 26, 2017

Throughout the election cycle, coming across political signs from the opposing party rattled me, but seeing a Confederate flag within sight of my home truly shocked me. I noticed the Confederate flag while driving down our street in Richmond Heights....

Michael Polinsky, a parent in Clayton, criticized the length of the suspensions for students who posted anti-Semitic content about classmates on Instagram. Photo: James Griesedieck

Schools grapple with hate-speech incidents

By Eric Berger, Staff WriterPublished December 21, 2016

A group of Clayton High School students were disciplined last week after administrators learned that they had been targeting classmates with anti-Semitic hate speech on social media.The students had used a closed Instagram group to post offensive images...

Italian soccer players honor Jewish soccer coach killed in Shoah

JTA REPORTPublished January 16, 2013

Italian soccer players expressed opposition to racism this week by honoring a Jewish soccer coach who was killed in the Holocaust. At an Italian Cup quarter finals match in Milan Wednesday, team members of the Milan Inter team and Bologna donned T-shirts...

Australian Jew working to end discrimination against indigenous peoples

JTAPublished January 22, 2012

SYDNEY, Australia—A high-profile Jewish Australian cited the effects of the Holocaust on his family as a driving force in his work to help "end the exclusion" of Australia's Indigenous peoples from the nation's constitution. Melbourne lawyer Mark Leibler,...

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