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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

Meacham keynotes debut of Danforth Center on Religion and Politics

by Robert A. Cohn Editor-in-Chief Emeritus • Published November 3, 2010

While the principle of the separation of church and state and the constitutional ban on an established religion must be respected, religion and politics have been- and will continue to be - intertwined in the United States, according to Jon Meacham, former...

Wayne Firestone, President of the national Hillel organization, speaks at Washington Universty during an international Hillel conference held there last week.

Hillel conference focuses on engaging next generation

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light • Published August 18, 2010

Engagement efforts and reaching out to the next generation were the topics in focus last week as hundreds of professionals and students from around the world descended on Washington University for the annual Hillel Institute. The four-day centerpiece...

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