Lily Brafman and Andrew Sher were married June 16, 2019 in a beautiful setting at the Valley Regency in Clifton, N.J., where cousin Rabbi Saul Grife officiated.
Lily is the daughter of Mira and Eugene Brafman of Fair Lawn, N.J., and Andrew is the...
Abigail Blatt, daughter of Sarajane (Shane) and the late Hanoch Blatt of Creve Coeur, and Eric Yoffee, son of Carol Beth and Michael Yoffee of Squirrel Hill, Pa., have announced their engagement.Abigail is the granddaughter of Thomas Freund and the late...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published September 13, 2019
Hana S. Sharif has launched her first season as artistic director of the Repertory Theatre of St. Louis with a breathtaking production of Tony Kushner’s magnum opus, “Angels in America.” That the 25-year-old play still resonates today is a credit...
By BRADFORD SIWAK, SENIOR, LADUE
• Published September 12, 2019
If you spot Jill Goldwasser in a noisy restaurant, you may see her quiet a group of friends, open her iPhone’s camera application, hit record, greet hundreds of followers with a calm yet enthusiastic “Hi everyone!” and then review the French fries...
By Eliana Brook, SENIOR, MICDS
• Published September 12, 2019
A Student’s Guide to Successful Back-to-School Shopping is back in session, and for many students, their backpack becomes a place where papers and pencils are thrown, yet rarely ever seen again. Many students attend their first day of school with one...
BY JORDAN EISEN, SOPHOMORE, PARKWAY NORTH
• Published September 12, 2019
Jewish summer sleep-away camp is meaningful in many ways to Jewish teens. It’s a place for them to get away from the stresses of home and school, meet new friends and serve as a holy place to connect with God. Notably, since prayer at camp greatly differs...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published September 12, 2019
FEL for the fellasLast week, about 100 people showed up at the Mirowitz Center to learn about a new men’s group forming called FEL (Friends Enjoying Life). It’s modeled after similar efforts in Naples, Fla. and Phoenix, the latter of which is called...
Rebecca Altman, daughter of Jody and Craig Altman of St. Louis, and Alex Yoffie, son of Barry and Leslie Yoffie of St. Louis, have announced their engagement. Rebecca is the granddaughter of Miriam and Bernard Danzig of Memphis, and Marylin Rosen and...
Minnette and Joe Liberman will celebrate their 73rd wedding anniversary on Sept. 15. They are the parents of three children: Bonnie and Sid Kohn, Jan and Terry Liberman, and Barb and Scott Liberman. They are proud of their seven grandchildren and three...
Pamela Joy (Inger) Katz and Stuart Katz are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple, who live in Chesterfield, married on Sept. 7, 1969 at the Tiara Room of the Chase-Park Plaza.
They have two sons, Randall Aaron (Sara) Katz and...
(JTA) — For “Borat,” his 2006 film, Sacha Baron Cohen went undercover as a made-up Kazakh journalist who travels America and gets unwitting targets to share his boorish and sometimes bigoted opinions. In “Who Is America,” the Jewish actor creates...
By Nancy Kranzberg, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 6, 2019
I was once again thrilled by an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Titled “Jewelry: The Body Transformed,” the exhibit is described in the museum’s brochure — “What is jewelry? Why do we wear it? What meaning does...
