BY ALEC BARIS, DIGITAL CONTENT MANAGER
• Published April 14, 2021
In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Missouri’s Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity is not missing a beat and will still host its Rock-A-Thon philanthropy on Thursday, Apr. 15, according to a statement released Wednesday.Since 1969, the men of Alpha...
(JTA) — Bernie Madoff, the fraudster who ran a $17.5 billion Ponzi scheme ensnaring thousands of investors, including a long list of Jewish organizations and families, has died at 82.The Associated Press reported Madoff’s death Wednesday at a federal...
BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published April 13, 2021
To better tell this story, let’s rewind to December. That’s when we introduced you to Drew Patchin, a second-grader, cancer survivor and member of Temple Israel, who was fundraising for a charity outside a Walgreens in Creve Coeur when his jar full...
Jewish day school students, like these at the Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County bearing signs with the Hebrew word for love, are increasingly pushing their schools to explore how they can foster greater diversity, equity and inclusion both...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published April 13, 2021
It might be surprising to some to hear Max Levin, a St. Louis native, say Israel “gave me a lot more than I ever gave them,” considering that he moved across the world to join the Israel Defense Forces, fought in the 2014 Gaza War, suffered a head...
Compiled by Jewish Light Staff
• Published April 13, 2021
Wednesday | April 14Celebrate Israel at 73: Grab your family and gather around the TV at 7 p.m. for a virtual all-star concert in celebration of Yom Ha’Atzmaut. Performers include Rick Recht, Nefesh Mountain, David Broza, Rabbi Josh Warshawsky, Rabbi...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 12, 2021
Keith Slotkin often snips off some baby lettuce and microgreens from an indoor garden in the basement of his Kirkwood home. At his day job, Slotkin works on innovations in growing plants that could eventually benefit small farmers around the world. Slotkin,...
28th February 1973: Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins attends the SF&TV (Society of Film and Television Arts, later the BAFTA) awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He recently portrayed Count Pierre Bezuhov in the British television production of...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published April 9, 2021
When Sharon Berry was reviewing her emails in July 2018, she paused at one from the organization that oversees a memorial at the former Buchenwald concentration camp and thought, “This must be a sick joke,” she recalled recently.It was about a bracelet...
In Marty Rochester‘s column, “Oy Vey: The excesses of identity politics (March 24),” he criticizes President Biden for picking a diverse cabinet with the insinuation that because it is diverse, it is not the best cabinet he could have picked. In...
BY DAN BUFFA, SPECIAL FOR THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 8, 2021
The St. Louis Blues did a couple of things on Wednesday night against the Vegas Golden Knights that had become very rare during the 2020-21 season: Score first and score enough to beat a very good team. After all, it was just Monday night when former...
St. Louis artist Tsila Schwartz takes part in the first the Sababa Jewish Arts & Culture Festival in 2018. The festival, planned by Jewish Federation of St. Louis and the Jewish Community Center, is seeking artists for the 2021 festival, which is...
