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LOCAL | jewish federation
 Mutual trust and adaptation to a fast-changing world will be keys to the survival of American Jewish communities in the 21st Century. That was the message a nationally-noted rabbi delivered to area Jewish leaders on Thursday evening. full story >
LOCAL | JAMI
Mental illness doesn't go away simply because attention is directed elsewhere. That message can be hard to drive home but it hasn't stopped one small group of dedicated St. Louisans from making the attempt. full story >
LOCAL | SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL
 One in four adult women will experience domestic abuse in her lifetime. One in 10 female high school students will report violence in a dating relationship. By the age of 20, one-third of young women will experience physical violence or emotional abuse in a dating relationship. And despite a myth to the contrary, many of these women are Jewish. full story >
SPOTLIGHT | MUSIC
 When he arrived on the music scene in 2004, Matisyahu couldn't help but seem like something of a novelty act — a Hasidic Jew who could beatbox like a hip-hop artist but whose primary music of choice is Jamaican reggae. full story >
news and schmooze | ELLEN FUTTERMAN
This is one of those amazing stories that screams Geraldo Rivera: Uncovering a long lost Jewish community, with a 500-year history, on the Texas -Mexico border. full story >
LOCAL | JCRC-URBAN LEAGUE PROGRAM
 It is "essential" that the historic partnership between the African-American and American Jewish communities be reaffirmed and revitalized, according to Clarence B. Jones, former speechwriter for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. full story >
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BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT full story >
DOR TO DOR | GAIL APPLESON
There was a group of teenage classmates in the audience of a recent performance of "The Diary of Anne Frank" that I attended at the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis. I couldn't help but wonder what they made of the play. Did they think of it as some horrible event that happened long before they were born, in a different country under a different government? Did they feel safe, grateful to be living now and in a nation that doesn't tolerate hate crimes and bigotry? Did they dismiss the Holocaust as something that couldn't happen again? full story >
SPOTLIGHT | TRAVEL
 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Well beyond the iconic Fisherman's Wharf, the past, the present and the future of Jewish life all are evident in San Francisco, a city that boasts everything from an outstanding contemporary Jewish museum to beautiful historic synagogues to a neighborhood deli known as Moishe's Pippic, a name that gives the nod to the humble belly button. full story >
GODSEND | BY LEAH HAKIMIAN
 Moshe Tabashi plays wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis. Though he couldn't get down on his knee to propose to Einav Levi, he found a dramatic way to pop the question. full story >
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