BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published February 15, 2012
For almost eight years, the St. Louis Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) has supported healthy aging of older adults living in a three-mile area primarily in unincorporated St. Louis County. Manager Karen Berry-Elbert says the agency aims...
Jackson loves sports, is inspired by athletes and loves to hang out with his friends. He combined these interests by volunteering with the Lift for Life Gym for his mitzvah project. Along with his parents, Julie and Randy Stern of Chesterfield, Jackson...
Volunteering at the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry during his time in St. Louis prompted Cameron to continue this mitzvah when he moved to Atlanta, Ga. His bar mitzvah project benefited the Atlanta Community Food Bank. Cam's project included a food...
"Avi's Bar Mitzvah Challenge" lasted for nine months prior to his bar mitzvah date. Son of Leiba and Ken Levine of St. Louis County, Avi's goal was to raise money and collect food for the Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry as well as motivate those that...
By Penny Schwartz, JTA
• Published January 19, 2012
BOSTON—In a family of prominent Jewish educators, Norman Spack could be called the rebel. He became a doctor. "I'm the only one who didn't go into Jewish education," quips Spack, a senior associate in the endocrine division at Boston's Children's Hospital,...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published January 18, 2012
Almost 40 percent of U.S. households own at least one dog and 33 percent own at least one cat-so says the Humane Society of the United States-and some of these animals are being restored to health through the use of stem cell therapy. Dr. Stacey Wallach,...
1 Rabbi Alvan D. Rubin DriveSt. Louis, Mo. 63141314-567-4299email: [email protected]: www.j-pat.orgLeslie Wolf — DirectorJewish Parents as Teachers (J-PAT) is a community program launched in 2011 to provide St. Louis area Jewish families who have...
Adapted from a story by Matt Grover, originally published in “Hockey Stop” Magazine — Reprinted with Permission
• Published December 28, 2011
Danny Brickman (Congregation Shaare Emeth) & Jordan Stern (Temple Israel) Childhood friends, Danny and Jordan were in search of a bar mitzvah project they could do together. They wanted to do something a little different, but it had to revolve around...
This past summer, the Epworth Children & Family Services youth board was asked to create a community service project to benefit the homeless and runaway youth in the community. They called it Jeans for Teens. Youth board members spoke at various places...
By Jacob Kamaras, JointMedia News Service
• Published December 28, 2011
Before getting married, Randy and Caroline Gold did "everything right," Randy recalls. They proactively asked both of their doctors to test them for Jewish genetic diseases. The problem was, Randy was tested for just two diseases, and Caroline for those...
Ben Feldman turned 101 years old on Dec. 18. Ben was born in Russia, the second child of Sam and Bessie Feldman. He sailed to the United States at age 3 with his mother and older brother. His father had fled Russia two years earlier to avoid military...
Rainbow Village is a very special organization to Samantha and her family. Co-founded in 1967 by her late great-aunt Marlene (Jebe) Kopman, Samantha, daughter of Joanne and Jeff Mishkin of University City, chose to support it for her mitzvah project....
