St. Louis Jewish Light

The St. Louis Jewish Light is a respected newspaper that caters to the Jewish community in St. Louis. It provides its audience with a print edition published every two weeks, along with a daily updated online version available at stljewishlight.org. This publication has received awards for its quality journalism.

Local

English

Newspaper

Outlet metrics

Domain Authority

Ranking

Global

#559844

United States

#156735

Community and Society/Faith and Beliefs

#2491

Traffic sources

Monthly visitors

Articles

Two arrested after antisemitic graffiti found at Clayton elementary school

2 days ago | stljewishlight.org | Jordan Palmer

Two juveniles have been taken into custody in connection with a vandalism incident at Glenridge Elementary School, located at 7447 Wellington Way in Clayton where antisemitic and racist graffiti was discovered early Monday morning, according to the Clayton Police Department. The suspects, whose identities have not been released due to their age, are facing second-degree property damage charges enhanced by hate offense classifications, a Class E felony under Missouri law.
11,237 calls, 1,300 births. Ambulance honoring U-City couple hits major milestone in Israel

2 days ago | stljewishlight.org | Jordan Palmer

In a testament to the life-saving impact of a single act of generosity, the Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) ambulance donated by former St. Louisan Dr. Irvin Pretsky continues to make a profound difference in Israel. We first told you about the MICU originally dedicated in memory of his parents, Jake and Dora Pretsky of University City, in February, 2022. Since then, the ambulance has responded to 11,237 emergency calls – an increase of more than 6,100 calls since the last report 11 months ago.
A Voice Returns Home: Wally Rosen’s WWII record reunited with family after 82 years

3 days ago | stljewishlight.org | Jordan Palmer

When Meredith Chancellor first heard her father’s voice crackle through a forgotten World War II phonograph recording, she felt the full weight of a connection she never knew was lost. It was a voice she knew well – the same comforting voice that read to her every night as a child and wrote her daily letters when she was away.
Leo XIV, first American pope, studied under a leader in Jewish-Catholic relations

6 days ago | stljewishlight.org | Ben Sales

(JTA) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, who was just elected as Pope Leo XIV, studied under a pioneer in Jewish-Catholic relations when he attended seminary in Chicago. The Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, who taught for nearly half a century at the Catholic Theological Union until his retirement in 2017, served as co-founder and director of the school’s Catholic-Jewish Studies Program and also served four terms on the board of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
“It’s a solid F+” — reporter slams media for failing Israel, ahead of St. Louis visit - St. Louis Jewish Light

6 days ago | stljewishlight.org | Bill Motchan

A veteran journalist who covered the Middle East for the Associated Press for years now claims AP and other news outlets engage in ongoing media bias against Israel. Mark Lavie, who also worked for NPR, NBC and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, will visit St. Louis for a May 13 presentation at the Jewish Federation. Lavie recently told the Jewish Light he grades media coverage of Israel a solid F+.
NYPD arrests more than 70 pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia library

6 days ago | stljewishlight.org | Ben Sales

(JTA) — Police arrested more than 70 pro-Palestinian protesters who crowded and occupied the main library of Columbia University, thrusting the New York City campus back into the center of campus tensions over Gaza. Two Columbia public safety officers were injured in the incident, the school said. The mass arrest, which was authorized by Columbia’s acting president, Claire Shipman, comes about a year after Columbia was the epicenter of student anti-Israel protests.
Student suspended for ‘F— the Jews’ video defends himself on antisemitic podcast - St. Louis Jewish Light

1 week ago | stljewishlight.org | Hannah Feuer

Mo Khan, the suspended Temple University student who posted video of a “F— the Jews” sign at a Philadelphia sports bar, could have gone on a free educational trip to Auschwitz — as Barstool Sports owner Dave Portnoy initially offered. Instead, the 21-year-old appeared on Holocaust denier Stew Peters’ podcast to tell his side of the story.
Lifestyle choices can help keep memory exercised, functioning

1 week ago | stljewishlight.org | Bill Motchan

If you periodically misplace your car keys but can have no problem calling up random bits of trivia, that is one of the nuances of your hippocampus. Located deep within the temporal lobe, it is the part of the brain that handles memory. It holds short-term memories and transfers them to long-term storage. Long-term memories are hard-wired into the brain, like a computer backup. Information stored in the short-term memory is trickier.
Missouri antisemitism bill deserves bipartisan support

1 week ago | stljewishlight.org | Stacey Newman

I used to be an active social justice legislator, a progressive liberal activist for years. On Oct. 7, 2023, I became just a Jew. As coordinated protests cheering on Hamas sprouted like wildfires mere hours after the historic terrorist attack in Israel while families were still in hiding, our world went mad. Days later, protestors marched in downtown Clayton, the backyard of a large Jewish community, with chants and signs to “cleanse the world.”Few people expressed outrage.
Retired teacher brings bridge, mahjong to life

1 week ago | stljewishlight.org | Ellen Futterman

Phyllis Siegel may not have coined the phrase “Once a teacher, always a teacher,” but she certainly embodies it. Twenty years into retirement after a 30-plus-year career teaching French and sixth grade in the Mehlville School District, the 74-year-old now spends her time teaching bridge and mahjong across the St. Louis area. “What can I say?” she says with a laugh. “I just love teaching. I love playing.