Jessie Brown, director of programs at NAMI St. Louis, will discuss “Unwind My Mind: Self-Care Strategies” from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Mirowitz Center on January 25, 2023.
Brown will look at facts and statistics about anxiety and stress, how to address...
KIBBUTZ HAZOREA, Israel — Throughout high school, Ben rarely did his homework, struggled to complete school assignments and used marijuana on a daily basis.
Frustrated with his situation, Ben, 18, decided in early September to leave his U.S. home...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 4, 2023
In 2005, Dr. Robert “Bob” and Judy Hellman were moved by the Passover sermon from a visiting spiritual leader at Young Israel.
The visiting rabbi was their son, Rabbi David Hellman, and his sermon inspired Bob and Judy to create a chesed project...
Shai Carmi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem and David Reich, Harvard University
• Published November 30, 2022
About two-thirds of Jews today – or about 10 million people – are Ashkenazi, referring to a recent origin from Eastern and Central Europe. They reside mostly in the United States and Israel. Ashkenazi Jews carry a particularly high burden of disease-causing...
BERLIN (JTA) – The city of Erfurt in central Germany is home to an impeccably restored medieval synagogue made possible because local Jews had been expelled long before the Nazis began their campaign to destroy Jewish sites.
Now, Erfurt’s long-hidden...
(JTA) — A prominent member of Munich’s Jewish community filed antisemitic harassment charges against two right-wing demonstrators attending a protest of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on the anniversary of Kristallnacht.
Marian Offman, former deputy...
Marion Fischel, Israel21c
• Published November 10, 2022
Where can you travel through 5,000 years of history in 10 stops? Jerusalem, the city that was proclaimed the capital of the Kingdom of Judea in 1,000 BCE and is the capital of Israel today.
In addition to the Israel Nature and Parks Authority’s City...
DIANA BLETTER, Israel21c.org
• Published November 10, 2022
The Art Laboratory for Future Ecologies, an innovative eco-art center, will soon get under construction in Israel’s Arava Desert.
The future center’s founder, Galit Eilat, said the goal is teach people about sustainability and protecting natural...
DR. RICHARD LAZAROFF, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 9, 2022
Can you afford to send your child to camp next summer? Can you afford not to?
Winter is almost upon us. Most kids have moved most of their after-school activities into gymnasiums, indoor soccer parks or perhaps the living room with a musical instrument....
MIMI DAVID, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published October 26, 2022
As a certified mikvah mentor, I hear married Jewish women hesitate about going to the mikvah for a variety of reasons. Many of these reasons are actually based on misconceptions about the mitzvah of mikvah, and I think it is time to publicly clear...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published October 19, 2022
Shabbat has long been an occasion to reconnect with ourselves, our families and our community. And nothing embodies the Shabbat table more than delicious fresh baked challah.
Baking challah can be an occasion as well. And that's exactly the premise...
Megan Rubenstein, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published October 12, 2022
When attending a college or university without a large Jewish population, it can be hard for students to find a community of peers who share the same background. In St. Louis, Yael Sabah of the Network STL is making it easier.
Led by Sabah, the Network...
