Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 25, 2023
The St. Louis Jewish community has a history of compassion and caring for people in need. That spirit of giving was evident recently when a Jewish family 6,000 miles from home benefitted from an act of...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 25, 2023
Mazel, Mazel, Mazel! This past Friday, Jewish St. Louis native and Bravo TV star Andy Cohen was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame located in the Loop area of University City along Delmar.
The ceremony...
(JTA) — On one wall of the dining hall at the Indiana University Hillel sit 36 framed photographs of Jewish alumni who have made an impact in the sports industry, from athletes to executives. It’s...
(JTA) — A Palestinian man rammed his car into pedestrians in Israel’s busy Mahane Yehuda market as the country prepared for Memorial Day and Independence Day, wounding five people. One man, in his...
The Yom Ha’atzmaut celebration of 75th anniversary of Israel’s independence at the J April 23 had everything from Israeli dancing and food to a game of catch-ball. Volunteers also helped construct...
(New York Jewish Week) — What better way to recover from an injury than some Jewish penicillin? And that is just what former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Harrison Bader got recently in New York.
Now...
The annual Aurelia Konrad Charitable Foundation Community Seder brought together members of the interfaith community at the JCC on April 20 to experience a Passover seder. The JCRC event is a program of...
By Peter Maer, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published April 20, 2023
Three top Jewish community leaders have a blunt assessment of the upsurge in antisemitism along with cautious hope for the future. They commented during an online discussion sponsored by Camp Ben Frankel...
Jackie Hajdenberg and Jordan Palmer
• Published April 20, 2023
(JTA) — Shake Shack, the American fast-casual restaurant chain famous for its burgers and milkshakes, is heading to Israel.
The chain announced Wednesday on social media that a location will open...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 20, 2023
Memory loss. Difficulty breathing. Impaired vision. Rapid heart rate. Nausea.
Those are just a few medical issues faced by older adults — after taking medication. These side effects are all too common...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 20, 2023
An email pops up with an offer of untold riches. You are the lucky beneficiary who will get millions of dollars from a Nigerian prince. All you have to do is provide your bank account number, for which...
By Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published April 20, 2023
Sometimes you have leftover food in the fridge for too long and you have to clean it out. Or the photo roll on your smartphone is jam-packed so you have to remove a few pics.
In the same way, my brain...
