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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

Joel Schwartz

St. Louis attorney Joel Schwartz on his new book and actor playing him in “The Thing About Pam”

Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish LightPublished March 22, 2022

The murder of Betsy Faria in 2011 initially cast her husband Russ as the villain and her presumptive killer. That was until the Jewish St. Louis attorney Joel Schwartz stepped in and ably defended Faria. Betsy Faria’s friend Pamela Hupp was then charged...

Gideon Adlon

Meet Gideon Adlon: The Jewish actress from ‘The Thing About Pam’ who is on the rise

Dan Buffa, Special For The Jewish LightPublished March 22, 2022

Gideon Adlon's third credit of her acting career was going toe-to-toe with her mother, Jewish actress Pamela Adlon, in the FX series "Better Things." While few actresses could hope for a better dance partner early on than their own mom, it showed us...

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