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Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Community will celebrate the installation of Rabbi Janine C. Schloss at a virtual Kabbalat Shabbat service at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29. Rabbi Allison Flash of Se…
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Below are the 10 most-read Jewish Light stories of 2020. The list starts at the top with number 10 and counts down to the number one most-read story at the bottom of the page. As readers might expect, the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the top 1…
As much as many of us might like to, no one will forget the year 2020. Not only did the deadly coronavirus pandemic shut down much of St. Louis and the rest of the world by mid-March, but the year also saw one of the most divisive and contentious presidential elections in U.S. history.
Roughly two-thirds of American Jews identify with the Democratic Party, according to Gallup polling. And 80% of Reform rabbis affiliate with the Democrats, according to a Yale University study.
Nine professionals have been chosen as honorees for the Annual JProStl Recognition Event, which will take place Thursday, Jan. 28, from 1 to 2 p.m. online. The theme of the program is “Seeing the Silver Lining.”
Isaac Amon’s interest in his family’s Sephardic Jewish history inspired him in 2018 to visit Istanbul, where he located the graves of his great-grandparents and his great-great-grandfather, a rabbi and mathematics teacher named Ishak Amon, fo…
Edan Shoghi, an energetic 9-year-old at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School, enjoys playing soccer, basketball, tennis and Minecraft. But he really excels at chess.
Everybody called him Elzy.
If you or your children are looking to fill your ears with music that has a deeper spiritual element than the latest Taylor Swift track, make room on your iPhone.
Standing 30-inches tall, Banks was hitched to a pony ride at a traveling petting zoo in Arkansas most of his 18 years, carrying the heavy weight of child riders that nearly broke his back. Most of his white hair was chewed off by other horses.
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Given the coronavirus, the past year has been really hard on everyone, especially students.
Since March, American schools and students have had to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. Most members of the Class of 2…
It was a year like no other. When a pandemic hit and shut down America in March, it discouraged many people who had b…
Every year, St. Louis welcomes three to four Israeli teens representing the Shinshin program through the Jewish Feder…
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Jewish comedy on Christmas in Chinese restaurant is an annual tradition in San Francisco. Typically, that’s a long way to go from St. Louis for some laughs. But given the pandemic, St. Louisans and other across the world will get a chance to …
The National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis (NCJWSTL) announce their 2021 Leadership Class series taking place virtually beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 3. Designed to empower women to make an even greater impact in the world, this eight-sess…
While time has moved awfully slowly for many people these past nine months, it has moved rather quickly for Faith and Anna, a couple of 20-something women who fell in love during the pandemic.Much of that speed happened because of the affecti…
On a frigid evening in January 2019, Misha Marshall set out to Missouri Baptist Hospital in west St. Louis County to work a 12-hour night shift as a registered medical assistant. On a normal day, the trip from Misha’s home in the Columbus Squ…
Learning there are thieves who steal money from volunteers canvassing for a worthy cause is a tough concept to grasp at any age, let alone at 7 years old.
Congregation B'nai Amoona is preparing to host a Hanukkah event, Light the Lot, on Sunday, Dec. 13 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Maybe you’ve heard that the Hallmark Channel has diversified this season, adding a Hanukkah-themed movie to its lineup of 40 original holiday movies in 2020. “Love, Lights, Hanukkah!” about a restauranteur named Christina (Mia Kirshner) who f…
With limitations on travel due to the coronavirus pandemic, Jewish Federation of St. Louis has developed an alternative for people who might usually visit Israel on an organized trip: a virtual four-part series, “Exploring the Land, Crossroad…
St. Louis-area Jewish clergy are offering a one-hour online learning session each day of Hanukkah this year. The “Eight Days of EnLIGHTenment” education series is sponsored by the St. Louis Rabbinical and Cantorial Association, whose membersh…
Four short plays by St. Louisan Joan Lipkin, artistic director of That Uppity Theatre Company, will be featured in a one-time only online event on Tuesday, Dec. 8 at 6:30 p.m.