By Cathleen Kronemer
• Published November 20, 2020
Thanksgiving arrives at a perfect time each year, just as the myriad of world religions gear up for their respective winter celebrations. Many consider it the perfect intersection of all great religious traditions; and depending on the topics in which...
Mitzvot from the Heart is compiled by Elise Krug
• Published July 31, 2020
Henry Rosenblum followed what is now a family tradition: a bar mitzvah abroad. Henry’s eldest brother, Myles, became a bar mitzvah in Jerusalem, joined by extended family on both sides. Then Spencer, the middle son, traveled with his family to Budapest,...
Lindsay and Adam Brandvein of St. Louis would like to announce the birth of their son, Austin Micah Brandvein, on May 15, 2020, weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Austin is the grandson of Teri and Harvey Brandvein, Sherri Waxman and Brent Waxman, all of St....
Ben and Meredith Cherry of St. Louis would like to announce the birth of their daughter, Lila Kate Cherry, on June 30, 2020 in Chesterfield, weighing 5 pounds, 14 ounces. Lila is the granddaughter of Don and Robyn Cherry of St. Louis, and Scott and...
By Renee Ghert-Zand, JTA
• Published June 18, 2020
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, 15-year-old Samantha Renzulli immediately thought about how it would affect her elderly friends at Jewish Senior Services, a long-term care facility in Bridgeport, Conn.Renzulli had met some of the residents through Better...
Jason Morse, the son of Sheri Recoon and Howard Morse of Chesterfield, became a bar mitzvah on Nov. 30, 2019 at Congregation B’nai Amoona. Jason is the grandson of Laura and Phillip Recoon of Sarasota, Fla. and Buffalo, N.Y., and Martha and Joseph...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 20, 2020
Two new services for cancer patients and survivors will soon be available through the Jewish Community Center. “So much of a cancer journey is dictated by the medical community but these are two complementary services they can control and they can...
BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published January 19, 2020
A few months ago, Michelle Goldstein and her husband were preparing for a trip to Portugal. They planned a lot of walking, knowing they’d encounter countless stairs. There was just one problem: Michelle’s knee began hurting weeks before the trip.“I...
Hope ZeldinHope celebrated her bat mitzvah in Israel, surrounded by her parents and three sisters, with the ceremony at Yemin Moshe by the famous windmill in Jerusalem. During her two years of bat mitzvah study with her father, she learned that tzedakah...
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,...
