Maxwell Banashek will become a bar mitzvah Jan. 25, 2020 at United Hebrew Congregation.Max is the son of Cheryl and Michael Banashek of St. Louis and the grandson of Elaine and Edmund Banashek of St. Louis and Steven and the late Cynthia Perrone...
Barry Solomon and Jay L. Bromberg Solomon recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary vacationing in Ashville, N.C. They met as counselors at Camp Hawthorn and both were confirmed and wed at Congregation Shaare Emeth. They now reside at Shell...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS
• Published December 23, 2019
Marshall and Sara Myers enjoyed 57 years of a happy marriage, which included service to the Jewish community, locally, nationally and globally. Tragically, Sara Myers was stricken with dementia and despite her efforts to stave off its mind-robbing symptoms,...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 21, 2019
Joyce Cohen Olshan knows it isn’t easy to get up for school in the morning. She encourages children to slither like a snake to the kitchen, make themselves part of a “pillow sandwich” or walk on bubble wrap.“Instead of everybody tearing their...
The Marcus Foundation has awarded a $3.2 million grant to Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) for supporting mental health across the spectrum of Jewish camps in North America. Funding will be awarded to approximately 60 camps over four years in an effort...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 17, 2019
As a well-respected physician, innovative medical school professor and award-winning researcher in the mechanisms of insulin secretion, Stanley Misler has had quite a career in the sciences. But since a 2015 retirement from his work as a nephrologist...
By Elise Krug and Joel Grebler
• Published July 19, 2019
Sam Deutsch, Congregation B’nai AmoonaSam Deutch’s interests in ice skating and helping others came together to create a meaningful mitzvah project. A junior varsity ice hockey player at Ladue Middle School and a team member of the St. Louis Rockets...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 25, 2019
For Beth Koritz, it came on very suddenly. “I went from being fine to being lifted out of the car by a security guard at the hospital within 48 hours. That was my wake up call,” said the native St. Louisan, now 56. “The first words out of my mouth...
Joey Carson, Congregation Shaare EmethPeople enjoy celebrating their birthdays with parties, but not everyone gets that luxury. Joey, son of Lisa and Larry Carson of Chesterfield, realized this and wanted to make a change. He wanted more kids to have...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 25, 2019
Vicki Atlas Israel wants parents and children to know they have the power to stress less. “I call it your inner power, your superpower,” the Congregation Shaare Emeth congregant said. “That can help us with making decisions. That can help us just...
BY DAVID LAUGHER, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published March 21, 2019
Rabbi Jessica Shafrin would like to start a conversation even if she knows that the topic of death isn’t one people are always eager to broach. “People don’t like to think about their life ending,” said Shafrin, 33. “Maybe they don’t want...
BY DAVID BAUGHER, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published February 24, 2019
Dr. Steven Teitelbaum likes to use words like “fortunate” or “lucky” to describe the accolades he’s earned in his career. “It was a lot of good luck,” he said. But the reality is that the most recent winner of the King Faisal International...
