Donald Trump announced Saturday that attorney Will Scharf will join his White House team.
“I am pleased to announce that William Owen Scharf will serve as assistant to the president and White House...
By Jacob Kornbluh, The Forward
• Published November 18, 2024
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President-elect Donald Trump has appointed one of his Jewish personal...
Seven months after assuming the role of executive director at the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of St. Louis, Rabbi Scott Shafrin will step down in January 2025 as his family begins an exciting...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published November 17, 2024
The Jewish Student Union (JSU) is marking a new chapter for Jewish teens in St. Louis with the opening of the JSU Staenberg House on the Weissman/Kerner Campus. Designed to offer a bigger and better space...
BY NINA NEEDLEMAN, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published November 17, 2024
I’m not an accountant, and don’t play one on TV. However, over the past six months, I’ve become a project manager, preparing my parents’ house for sale. Part of that work included identifying charities...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published November 17, 2024
Kosher cuisine is stepping into the podcast world with GLATT, a fresh offering from Fleishigs Magazine in partnership with Kosher.com. As the podcast industry continues to boom, Shifra and Shlomo Klein—the...
The Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis is hosting several events Tuesday, Nov. 19, featuring Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA), which will culminate in a...
Roberta Solomon, Parkway West High School Class of 1974, was recognized on Nov. 9 as one of the 14 inductees into the 2024 Parkway Alumni Hall of Fame.
Solomon has carved an impressive path as a voiceover...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published November 14, 2024
Retirement can be both liberating and daunting. While newfound freedom from work is often celebrated, the lack of daily structure and social connection can lead to isolation. Recognizing this challenge,...
For a century, tens of thousands of Jewish teens have grown up as part of BBYO, the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization. That tradition is still thriving in St. Louis, and now it’s time to dust off those...
BY AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published November 13, 2024
Last week I visited my older son, Davis, at college. We had lunch, went shopping and enjoyed four glorious hours of mom and son time. He brought along one of his new buddies for lunch, the adorable and...
Jamie Gavril, who has been teaching for 13 years, was recently honored by Ladue Horton Watkins High School with the district’s Excellence in Education Award for October 2024. Gavril, now in her 10th...
