Many of us have struggled with a toddler who seems to run the house, or as I prefer to say, “The inmates are running the asylum.” They have temper tantrums, defy parental requests, engage in aggressive behaviors, insist on sleeping with their parents...
Adam Birenbaum, CEO, Buckingham Wealth Partners
• Published March 7, 2022
When it comes to planning for and financing higher education - especially in this mid-pandemic, geopolitically fragile environment - there are a lot of complex factors to consider. And for families considering major and state universities can be challenging...
Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published March 2, 2022
Between work conference calls, Olga Gorodetsky anxiously checks text messages from her mother Valentina Timoshina. They live in vastly different circumstances. Gorodetsky is in her second-floor home office in Chesterfield and Timoshina is hiding out in...
DR. RICHARD LAZAROFF
• Published February 23, 2022
As a pediatrician, I often was asked whether it is harder to raise children now than in the past. I think most people assume I quickly responded yes.
Surely it seems like the times have never been more dangerous and complex: Social media and the pressure...
“Come, Come, Wherever You Are” by Noah Aronson (JKids Radio)
“This song by Noah Aronson has a beautiful message of welcoming and inclusivity that I wanted to share with y’all for Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month. The lyrics are...
It's funny how the world changes you and your community. Thirty-six months ago, I would have said media literacy or student press rights were the most significant issue facing scholastic journalism. However, in our new reality, the most critical...
ELLEN FUTTERMAN, Editor-in-Chief
• Published February 23, 2022
They say necessity is the mother of invention. Boy, was that ever the case for St. Louis native Sarah Hirsch Maddali.
After she and her husband had two children, now ages 3 and 6, Maddali grew frustrated that she couldn’t find age-appropriate...
BILL MOTCHAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 20, 2022
Dean Robbins fondly remembers growing up in St. Louis and playing softball at the Jewish Community Center. When he was rounding the bases, “I was thinking about Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Lou Brock and all the great Cardinal stars in the late ’60s.”
He...
Just days ago, my older kid turned 16. Sixteen! That means in addition to driving us crazy, he’s driving himself and his little brother all over town. Said little brother will be 15 pretty soon.
These two above-average mensches are full of thoughts...
This article first appeared on Alma.
In Orthodox Judaism, a child’s Hebrew name is given within the first week. The rules for our lives are predetermined, assigned based on our gender at birth. Since I was born, I knew inside that I was created differently...
It was 2 a.m. in March of 2020, and my daughter and I watched the COVID news while scrolling through Hillel’s College Guide to find schools with a Jewish population.
One by one, we went through the list to find a school with a Jewish population....
