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St. Louis Jewish Light

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St. Louis Jewish Light

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Bat mitzvah: Harlow Hastings

Bat mitzvah: Harlow Hastings

Published May 13, 2022

Harlow Hastings (Hebrew name: Aviva Zerah) became a bat mitzvah April 30 at United Hebrew Congregation.   Harlow is the daughter of Michelle and Jay Hastings of St. Louis. She is the granddaughter...

Birth Announcement: Olivia Bracha Bromberg

Birth Announcement: Olivia Bracha Bromberg

Published May 13, 2022

Olivia Bracha Bromberg was born on March 9, 2022 in Chicago, Ill. to parents Yehuda and Rebecca (Kaiser) Bromberg. Grandparents are Bob and Joni Kaiser and Leo and Michele Bromberg.  Great-grandparents...

Alvin and Alice Redler celebrate 65th anniversary

Alvin and Alice Redler celebrate 65th anniversary

Published May 13, 2022

Alvin and Alice (Feldman) Redler of Creve Coeur recently celebrated their 65th anniversary. Alice and Al started dating after meeting at a party when she was 16 and he 19. On April 14, 1957, they married...

Judy and Sidney Siegfried celebrate 70th anniversary

Judy and Sidney Siegfried celebrate 70th anniversary

Published May 12, 2022

Judy and Sidney Siegfried are celebrating their 70th anniversary this month.   Introduced by Sidney’s younger brother, who dated Judy first, the couple has enjoyed many memorable decades including...

The Abeles family wrapped in Eli's tallit that he wore on his bar mitzvah 30+ years ago. Photo: Spoonful of Sugar Photography

Aaron Abeles honors his dad with special Bar Mitzvah project

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 5, 2022

Aaron Abeles has experienced losses no 13-year-old boy should ever know. He also has the maturity, at his age, to understand how to take those tough experiences and turn them into something good and beautiful. "It...

The day an impromptu Bar Mitzvah broke out in Jefferson City

The day an impromptu Bar Mitzvah broke out in Jefferson City

Tzemach Feller, Chabad.orgPublished May 4, 2022

(Chabad.org) -- Missouri Representative Michael Davis didn’t even have time to put his jacket back on. He had left the Missouri House floor to meet with a Chabad-Lubavitch delegation representing...

Mazel Tov | Andy Cohen now a daddy of two

Mazel Tov | Andy Cohen now a daddy of two

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished May 3, 2022

Mazel Tov to St. Louis' own Andy Cohen on the surprise announcement over the weekend that he was welcoming his second child, a little daughter, born via surrogacy.   View...

Birth announcement: Samuel & Macy Cherry

Birth announcement: Samuel & Macy Cherry

Published May 2, 2022

Ben and Meredith Cherry of St. Louis would like to announce the birth of their son, Samuel Cole Cherry, and their daughter, Macy Paige Cherry, on March 18, 2022. The twins weighed 5 pounds 0 ounces and...

Patty and Norman Gold celebrate 60th anniversary

Patty and Norman Gold celebrate 60th anniversary

Published May 1, 2022

Patty and Norman Gold will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary on May 3. They will have dinner with their family, including their children, Michael (Jill), Andrew (Jocelyn), and Debby (Rob).  They...

Eisen-Kruvi Wedding

Eisen-Kruvi Wedding

Published May 1, 2022

Abby Eisen and Roey Kruvi were married April 2, 2022 at The Majorette in St. Louis. Danny M. Cohen, associate professor at Northwestern University, officiated at the ceremony. Abby is the daughter...

Birth Announcement: Sloane Wittels

Birth Announcement: Sloane Wittels

Published April 19, 2022

Mia and Danny Wittels of Philadelphia would like to announce the birth of their daughter, Sloane Wittels, on Nov. 1, 2021, weighing 9 pounds, 1 ounce. Sloane is the granddaughter of Amos and Rikki...

Birth Announcement: Zoe Bernadette Michelson

Birth Announcement: Zoe Bernadette Michelson

Published April 19, 2022

Dann and Hannah Michelson of Ballwin would like to announce the birth of their daughter, Zoe Bernadette Michelson, on March 7, 2022 in Chesterfield, weighing 7 pounds 5 ounces.  Zoe is the granddaughter...

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