Tree Of Life
As I turn the corner the tall, tan walls of the synagogue appear in the distance looming over everything else on the street. Welcome to Squirrel Hill. The gate which […]
October 27, 2022
July 13, 2022
Beth Kieffer Leonard, MN Accounting Maven, Honored By The Jewish Agency
Beth Kieffer Leonard, managing partner of Lurie, LLP, an accounting and consulting firm in Minneapolis, has spent four years as the chairperson of the Jewish Agency for Israel’s budget and […]
July 12, 2022
Jewfolk Goes to Cincinnati: Jewish Foundation Announces Reflect Cincy Grant Recipients
Jewfolk, Inc., TC Jewfolk’s parent organization, has been awarded one of seven grants to fund new ideas to spark Jewish connection in Cincinnati, allowing us to bring our unique media-as-engagement model to the Cincinnati Jewish community.
June 24, 2022
Local, National Jewish Organizations Speak Out On Abortion Decision
After the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the 1972 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States on Friday morning, several local and national organizations have released statements […]
June 21, 2022
Ukraine Chabad Emissaries Tell Of Life And War In Kharkiv
Before Feb. 24, Sora Levinson and her husband, Rabbi Chaim, weren’t sure if Russia was going to invade Ukraine. In the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, where they served as […]
May 27, 2022
Klezmer, Ukrainian Party Music Takes Center Stage At The Cedar
Sarah Larsson is inviting just about everyone to come to her wedding. Well, ok, maybe not the wedding ceremony itself. But the Jewish community is definitely invited to the after-party: […]
May 4, 2022
A First-Person Story Of Fleeing Putin’s Russia
Editor’s Note: The St. Louis Jewish Light learned of Russian Jew Tatiana Glezer, 41, and her plight through a network of friends in the United States. Largely fluent in English, […]
April 13, 2022
For High Schoolers, Holocaust Museum Connects History To Today
WASHINGTON — Being in the crowded, confined space of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum was uncomfortable for Kevin Smokyday. It wasn’t because of the photos and videos that he saw […]
April 12, 2022
Fundraising For Ukraine With A Lullaby
The Nightingale Trio, an all-woman vocal group in Minnesota that sings Eastern European songs, is giving all proceeds from their cover of a beloved Ukrainian lullaby to the Ukrainian American […]
April 12, 2022
Centuries Old Tradition To Benefit Ukrainian Jews
As the war in Ukraine continues to rage, a centuries-old Passover tradition is being highlighted by students at St. Paul’s Lubavitch Cheder Day School to benefit refugees. Ma’ot chitim — […]