St. Louis Jewish Light

When St. Louisan Bill Goodfriend was diagnosed with chordoma, a rare spinal cancer, he faced a long, uncertain road. Surgery at Siteman Cancer Center saved his life. Now, months later, he’s walking, traveling, and rediscovering what it means to heal — one day at a time. Full story in the comments.

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🩷 Dr. Tish Singer walked away from hospital medicine to reimagine breast care — and built her own clinic to do it.

Her new practice, Shero Imaging in Creve Coeur, combines advanced technology with deeply personal care. Patients receive same-day results, optional same-day biopsies, and comfort-focused design that feels nothing like a hospital.

“I didn’t feel valued in the system,” Singer says. “Now, I finally feel like I’m practicing medicine the way I always wanted to.”

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🎨 Kids, it’s your turn to light up Hanukkah!

The Jewish Light is inviting artists in grades K–6 to create original Hanukkah-themed artwork for our 2025 Hanukkah issue. ✨ Every child who enters will be recognized by name in the Dec. 3 edition. 🏅 1st, 2nd, and honorable mention winners in three age groups (K–1, 2–3, 4–6) will also receive prizes from Happy Up Inc.

Create your own design, menorahs, dreidels, miracles? Use crayons, watercolor, or collage (no glitter, please!).

🗓️ Deadline: Nov. 24 at 5 p.m.
✉️ Email entries to [email protected]
or mail them to:
Coloring Contest, c/o St. Louis Jewish Light, 7201 Delmar Blvd, Suite 201, St. Louis, MO 63130

Is Alex Edelman coming to St. Louis? No. Well, sort of.
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Remember Nate, the 1994 bookmark kid we told you about last month? Well, we found him and returned his art. 👉 Full story in the comments.

I'm guessing this group scored pretty good on their SAT's.

Nine Jewish geniuses who put WashU and St. Louis on the Nobel map   As they do every October, this year’s Nobel Prize announcements have once again made headlines. As of 2025, there have been 990 individual Nobel laureates and about 22% of them are Jewish. Of those 990, 26 Nobel winners are affiliated with Washington University. Among those 26, nine are Jewish ...

This is the second in our ongoing series on “Becoming the Sea,” the monumental new Anselm Kiefer exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Hope you'll give it a read.

How our ‘neighborhood river’ shaped the Art Museum’s largest and most Jewish exhibition yet This is the second in our ongoing series on “Becoming the Sea,” the monumental new Anselm Kiefer exhibition at the Saint Louis Art Museum. If you missed our first story, which introduced the artist and the Jewish and St. Louis roots behind the show, you can read it here. Anselm Kiefer has depict...

🕊️ When St. Louis author Clare Kinberg found her Aunt Rose’s death certificate, she uncovered a secret that had been hidden for generations.

In the 1930s, Rose — a white Jewish woman — married Zebedee Arnwine, a Black man. For that, her family cast her out and erased her story. Now, in “By the Waters of Paradise,” Kinberg connects that lost family history to broader stories of racism, antisemitism, and resilience — and to her own multiracial Jewish family today. MaTovu

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Members of the St. Louis Jewish community reacted with a mix of joy, relief and cautious optimism after Monday’s announcement that the 20 living hostages held in Gaza had finally been returned. Full story in the comments.

Ever wonder what happens when St. Louisans clean out their closets, basements and china cabinets for a good cause? Good things.

The Jewish fashion event that’s defined St. Louis generosity for 61 years Ever wonder what happens when St. Louisans clean out their closets, basements and china cabinets for a good cause? The answer: pure fashion, accessory and housewares magic. The best of the best doesn’t just get donated—it takes center stage at the National Council of Jewish Women-St. Louis’ an...

🇮🇱 After 2 years of heartbreak, hope returned.

All 20 Israeli hostages still alive from the Oct. 7 Hamas attack are now home in Israel.

37 Israelis who were killed in captivity still await return. For now, thousands across Israel are united in relief and remembrance.

💙 Am Yisrael Chai.

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