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...
Sasha Albright | Congregation Shaare EmethThe Disabled Athlete Sports Association, better known as DASA, specializes in therapeutic sport and fitness opportunities for children and adults who live with a physical or visual disability, or are deaf or hard...
Orli Hahn | Congregation Shaare EmethLadue Middle School student, Orli Hahn, wanted to give kids a happy birthday and make their day special. So for her mitzvah project, she decided to collect new toys and cash donations for Birthday Joy, a local non-profit...
Faith Hollander | Congregation Shaare Emeth & Madison Miederhoff | Congregation B’nai AmoonaFaith and Madison have been inseparable since they met over five years ago. They attend Parkway Central Middle School together as well as Camp GUCI (Goldman...
