Nothing says "possibility" more than a blank wall. So, when the 57-year-old Crown Center senior living facility in University City received a $1 million donation from philanthropists Michael and Carol Staenberg to build a new 52-unit residential building...

As school lets out, many teenagers are eager to find a summer job. From fast food restaurants to car washes, countless places of employment are available for teenagers to work. Many, however, choose to spend their summers working at a place of familiarity:...

In 1960, when Mossad agent Peter Zvi Malkin led a team to capture the notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, his cover was that of an ordinary tourist. To maintain this facade, Malkin carried art supplies, including pastels, colored pencils,...

Fourteen-year-old Yosef E. Granillo is a National Merit Scholar. He will receive a $2,500 yearly award from Boeing for four years at the college of his choice. He is also a full member of the St. Louis Youth Symphony Orchestra. Yosef is the son...

Ben Hillman will serve as president of Gastronauts Food Group, the collaboration of food brands Hi-Pointe Drive-In and Taco Buddha. The group will assist both restaurants in sustainable growth, streamlined operational efficiencies and collaborative...

We have an update to report regarding our efforts to identify the children in this photo taken in the late 1940s outside the Council House on Wells Avenue. The photo was sent to the Jewish Light by long-time reader and former St. Louisan Dr. Irvin...

While the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers battle it out for the Stanley Cup, the St. Louis Blues have spent the playoffs on the sidelines. The team’s absence hasn’t impacted Farilyn Hale’s love of the game. Hale, 71, is a self-admitted...

An inter-congregational Shavuot celebration was held at Congregation Shaare Emeth on Tuesday evening, June 11, and welcomed members of three other reform congregations:  Congregation Temple Israel, Temple Emanuel, and United Hebrew Congregation. The...

Recently, a good friend moved into a new home.  The home was not newly built, but it was new for her, so when I went to visit her, I did what my mother would have done:  I brought her the Jewish traditional housewarming gift:  a loaf of bread, a...

For the past year, four Israeli teenagers have called St. Louis home. They are the seventh group of Israeli emissaries, known as shinshinim, who lived and worked in the Jewish community. The program is a partnership between the Jewish Agency for Israel,...

When Rabbi Jared Skoff assumes the role of assistant rabbi at Congregation B’nai Amoona on July 1, he’ll carry on the family tradition set by his grandfather Rabbi Benson Skoff (z”l), who served BSKI for more than 30 years as spiritual leader, and...

Congregation B’nai Amoona USY (BAUSY) recently elected its 2024-25 board. President is Sydney Fowler. She is the daughter of Laura and Scot Fowler and is a junior at Pattonville High School.