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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Newsmakers

Gene Schenberg

You probably never heard of the ‘Electronic Transaction Association’s Top Payment Sales Professional Award 2024’ but Gene Schenberg won it

Published April 3, 2024

Former St. Louisan Gene Schenberg received the Electronic Transaction Association’s Top Payment Sales Professional Award 2024. Out of the thousands of eligible sales representatives, he was one of 50 sales representatives from member companies who...

Alex Shapiro

Alex Shapiro takes baton as SLSO’s chief philanthropist

Published April 3, 2024

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Alex Shapiro as chief philanthropy officer. In this role he will report to the president and CEO and oversee a team of 16 working toward $10 million in annual giving, as well as the completion...

Mark Witzling

Local artist selected for prestigious French residency

Published April 3, 2024

Artist Mark Witzling has been selected to participate in the selective Chateau Orquevaux artist residency program in Orquevaux, France this spring.  He was awarded grant support for the residency from the Denis Diderot Foundation and the Regional...

Ashley Pollock

NCJWSTL welcomes Ashley Pollock to new role

Published April 3, 2024

Ashley Pollock has joined National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis as its membership manager. In this role, she will coordinate and support leadership and membership initiatives including all special events, leadership programs, membership programs...

Rabbi James Stone Goodman

St. Louis rabbi set to release new book

Published March 28, 2024

Rabbi James Stone Goodman is set to release his new book of poems and stories, “Fountain, Respect for Sources,” with a special, free live performance on Thursday, April 4 at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.) at Central Reform Congregation, 5020 Waterman...

(L) Alec Rothman, (R) Lisa Hirshberg

Dynamic duo of Rothman & Hirshberg join JFed

Published March 25, 2024

As the new YPD development officer, Alec Rothman will be working with young adults in the St. Louis community, engaging them in the Jewish Federation of St. Louis with events, programs and development efforts. She recently spent a year as the membership...

Benjamin Philip

Short story gem by Benjamin Philip gets published

Published March 21, 2024

Benjamin Philip’s short story, “The Empty Throne,” was published in the Sunday Morning Transport, an online website that delivers science fiction or fantasy short stories each Sunday. Under the pen name Benjamin C. Kinney, his story is about Jewish...

Ed Musen

Ed Musen is the new ‘maestro’ of the ShowStoppers’ Broadway magic!

Published March 21, 2024

Ed Musen was recently named president of the board of directors for ShowStoppers, a non-profit organization that presents an annual Broadway Musical Revue. This year there will be four performances featuring Broadway musicals from Burt Bacharach, Stephen...

Joanne Garfinkel Iskiwitch

Joanne Iskiwitch is officially ‘elite’ in her field

Published March 21, 2024

Joanne Garfinkel Iskiwitch has received the 2023 Coldwell Banker President’s Elite Award, given to top Coldwell Banker Realty-Gundaker agents locally. She also ranked as the No. 4 individual agent out of a total of 1325+ agents companywide in 2023.  Iskiwitch...

Madeline Hartranft

Madeline Hartranft flying high with new gig at GE Aerospace

Published March 21, 2024

Recent University of Missouri graduate Madeline Hartranft began her career as a mechanical design engineer for GE Aerospace in Cincinnati. She will be working on the external hardware for multiple GE engines that include the engine for the F-15 and...

Dr. Jeffrey Gordon.

WashU’s Dr. Jeffrey Gordon receives major medical prize

Published March 21, 2024

Dr. Jeffrey Gordon received the 2024 Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science from Northwestern University.  He was selected for transforming the understanding of human health and how it is shaped by the gut microbiome. Given every two years,...

Rabbi Jessica Shafrin, BCC is the Manager of Pastoral Care at SSM Health St Joseph Hospitals in St Charles, Lake St Louis and Wentzville. She is a member of the Rabbinical Assembly, Neshama: Association of Jewish Chaplains and the St Louis Rabbinical and Cantorial Association.

Nishmah welcomes Rabbi Jessica Shafrin

Published March 21, 2024

Nishmah: The St. Louis Jewish Women’s Project welcomes Rabbi Jessica Shafrin as its new clergy advisor. In this role she will lead services during the Sept. 20-22 Nishmah retreat as well as a few sessions in grief and caregiving. Shafrin, a member...

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