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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

Shaanan Streett of Israeli hip-hop band Hadag Nahash mixes music and activism

Shaanan Streett of Israeli hip-hop band Hadag Nahash mixes music and activism

HOWARD LOVY, JTAPublished December 10, 2022

Shaanan Streett, one-sixth of the Israeli hip-hop/funk group Hadag Nahash, says that it’s all well and good for musicians to advocate for social-justice causes, but that doesn’t mean the music can’t also be fun. Streett seems to have accomplished...

For Ethiopian Israeli Pnina Agenyahu, celebrating diversity is about speaking up and representing

For Ethiopian Israeli Pnina Agenyahu, celebrating diversity is about speaking up and representing

HOWARD LOVY, JTAPublished December 9, 2022

As director of Partnership2Gether of the Jewish Agency for Israel, it’s Pnina Agenyahu’s job to bring together disparate Jewish communities from around the world and celebrate their diversity. It’s a role for which Agenyahu has spent a lifetime...

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