Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published August 1, 2023
Noted Jewish sportswriter Joe Posnanski will come to St. Louis on September 7 to talk about one of his favorite subjects: baseball. The author of “Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments” will...
Levy Fellows, a cohort for board leaders of Jewish organizations in the St. Louis region, is now accepting applications for programs to take place in October and November. The program is sponsored by Jewish...
Daniel Hearst joined Jewish Federation of St. Louis earlier this year as Development Officer of its Young Professionals Division. The 26-year-old is a member of Congregation B’nai Amoona.
Can you...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published July 31, 2023
Before he became the father of Jewish comedian Paul Reubens, AKA Pee-Wee Herman, Milton Rubenfeld was a top fighter pilot who first served in the Royal Air Force, and then the U.S. Army Air Force, during...
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel 21C
• Published July 30, 2023
Nearly two years ago, divers Raffi Bahalul, Shlomi Katzin and Ehud Galili found an iron Crusader-era sword in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel.
It was encrusted with marine organisms,...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 28, 2023
St. Louis hasn’t hosted a major St. Louis summer music festival in Forest Park since the final Loufest in 2017. This year, on August 26 and 27, that will change with the inaugural Evolution Festival....
Beginning in August, the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum will offer weekly public sessions in the Impact Lab, the Museum’s newest interactive, educational space.
The Impact Lab seeks to...
(JTA) – Over the course of Irish pop singer Sinead O’Connor’s career, she made her fair share of enemies — most notably the Catholic Church, after she ripped up a picture of the pope on “Saturday...
Dr. Marvin and Marilyn “Mimi” Rennard of Clayton celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary on June 22, 2023 with their family.
Dr. Rennard is a retired OBGYN physician who practiced in the St. Louis...
Beth Hamedrosh Hagodol Cemetery has initiated major new construction and beautification of its grounds that will help make visits to the cemetery at 9125 Ladue Road aesthetically and spiritually more satisfying.
An...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published July 27, 2023
As St. Louis continues to bake in these sweltering temperatures and high humidity, the Chief Dog In Charge at the Jewish Light, Ziggy has asked that we help share some tips on how to keep all his and...
JCRC responds to Senator’s tweet
On July 4th, Sen. Josh Hawley tweeted the following quote, which he attributed to founding father Patrick Henry, “This great nation was founded, not by religionists,...
