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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

National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis held its 53rd year of  its Couturier Sale at The Resale Shop from Oct. 26-31. Above are NCJW St. Louis staff, lay leaders and volunteers who helped make the sale a success.

NCJWSTL announces plans for 57th Annual Couturier Sale

Published September 14, 2021

One year after COVID forced the National Council of Jewish Women-St. Louis to change how it hosted its 56th annual Couturier Sale, the organization has just announced its plan for 2021, and the 57th annual sale. Many look forward to this annual fundraiser...

Two NCJW advocacy initiatives start this month

Published February 2, 2017

The National Council of Jewish Women-St. Louis has planned two new advocacy series, starting this month. Events in both series take place at NCJW’s office, 295 N. Lindbergh Blvd. in Creve Coeur. Events are free and open to the community, but RSVPs are...

Tehilla and Elisheva Raskas make challah dough during the Great Big Challah Bake of St. Louis on Nov. 10 at the Clayton Plaza Hotel. The event drew close to 500 people. Photo: Kristi Foster

Sublime sisterhood

Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished November 16, 2016

Sublime sisterhood The Jewish sisterhood in St. Louis has been an elixir to me, comforting and reassuring in this last week when many of us have felt adrift. I am amazed by the power of these women, most of them strangers, to lift me up and make me feel...

The devastating tornado that struck Joplin, Mo. and the St.
Louis Jewish communitys efforts to provide relief became of the
top local news stories of 2011.

Top local stories of 2011 reflect changes in Jewish community

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished January 4, 2012

St. Louis had a year of ups and downs in 2011, saying farewell to some beloved communal leaders, one local congregation and two longtime kosher mainstays. The community pulled together in response to the tragic devastation of the tornado that struck Joplin....

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