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St. Louis Jewish Light

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Laura Fields

From wellness guru to education champion: Laura Fields’ bold new role

Published June 26, 2024

Laura Fields is the Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ new community coordinator for ElevatED, a program designed to test bold solutions for the recruitment and retention of early childhood educators. Field’s role is the liaison between the local community...

Barbecue brisket.

Seeking St. Louis barbecue experts for a unique Kosher BBQ contest in Memphis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 26, 2024

Are you a St. Louis barbecue enthusiast who’s already dusted off the grill and been busy perfecting your recipes to impress family and friends? How about showing off to the rest of the country? If that sounds exciting, we have just the event for you. The...

An illustration of Alfred Dreyfus on a horse. They are many people surrounding him, gesturing in the exact same way.

New partnership brings prestigious New York exhibit to Jewish Light readers

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 26, 2024

We know not everyone in St. Louis can drop what they're doing and hop on a plane to New York at a moment's notice. That's why, when we learned about the intriguing new exhibition, "The Dreyfus Affair in Postcards: Going Viral...

Elizabeth Welsh

NCJW-St. Louis welcomes new Director of Development

Published June 26, 2024

National Council of Jewish Women-St. Louis welcomed Elizabeth Welsh as its director of development. She will oversee the annual campaign, grant program, special events, tributes and all other fundraising opportunities. 

A man holds a copy of the graphic novel version of "The Diary of Anne Frank", by Israeli writer-director Ari Folman and illustrator David Polonsky, in Paris Sept. 18, 2017. (Stringer/AFP via Getty Images)

Texas school district removes ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus,’ ‘The Fixer,’ and 670 more after right-wing complaint

Andrew Lapin, JTAPublished June 26, 2024

(JTA) — The superintendent of a school district in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas recently agreed within minutes to a conservative group’s demands to remove 676 books, including some seminal texts about the Holocaust and antisemitism. Now, weeks...

Abbi Marks-Mazur

Abbi Marks-Mazur steps up at Mirowitz school

Published June 25, 2024

Abbi Marks-Mazur is the new director of admissions and enrollment at Mirowitz. She is responsible for recruitment, admissions, retention, family engagement and community events. Marks-Mazur is a member of B’nai Amoona.

Paul Mendelson

How Paul Mendelson’s tennis legacy continues to thrive at Central Institute for the Deaf

Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished June 25, 2024

Tennis is a popular after-school activity at Central Institute for the Deaf (CID). It began in 2005 at the Central West End institution and was the brainchild of late Jewish St. Louisan Paul Mendelson. Now, six years after Mendelson’s death, the CID...

Brad Hartman

Why Kosher rules and ‘The Bear’ keep the J’s Brad Hartman on his toes

Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 25, 2024

Brad Hartman has worked in kitchens all over the world. He was also at one time the owner of Pumpernickle’s deli in Creve Coeur. Recently, he was named head chef at the Jewish Community Center. Hartman, 63, and a member of Central Reform Congregation,...

Gabe Fleisher

From bedroom blogger to beltway insider: Gabe Fleisher’s extraordinary journalistic journey continues

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished June 25, 2024

From his childhood bedroom in University City to the bustling political scene of Washington, D.C., Gabe Fleisher has embarked on a remarkable journey in life and journalism. Now age 22 and a recent graduate of Georgetown University, Fleisher...

Steve Gallant signs a blank wall at the J in Chesterfield at a donor event Monday to announce $14.6 million of renovations that is scheduled to be completed in September 2025. $12 million has already been raised. Donors were invited to sign the wall and send their best wishes to the future of the Marilyn Fox Building and the J in Chesterfield.

Supporters see renovation progress at JCC’s Marilyn Fox Building donor event

Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish LightPublished June 24, 2024

A donor event was held at the JCC’s Marilyn Fox Building on Monday, June 24 to show supporters the progress of the renovation effort in progress at the facility. Construction began April with completion planned for September 2025. All areas of the building...

Student to Student presentation for Nerinx Hall at Congregation Shaare Emeth

How these young Jewish ambassadors transform peers’ views in St. Louis schools

GEORGIA BLAND, JUNIOR, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH SCHOOLPublished June 24, 2024

Changing the community and spreading knowledge one presentation at a time, St. Louis Jewish teens with Student to Student light up classrooms by sharing what it's like to be a Jewish teen growing up in today's world. Student to Student is a program...

Amy Fenster-Brown and friends.

For ‘professional overthinkers,’ choosing a restaurant can feel like solving a Rubik’s Cube

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish LightPublished June 24, 2024

There are three judgments I will make with conviction and confidence that I am right, and you won’t ever be able to change my mind: 1. Listening to music selected by today’s teenagers makes me feel like I’m being drugged for surgery. 2. Nothing...

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