Zoey Fleisher is the new Family Center coordinator at the St. Louis Jewish Community Center. In this role, they will provide programs and outreach to meet the needs of Jewish families with children ages...
Denise Lieberman, a civil rights lawyer, received the Access MO Champion for Reproductive Justice Award last month. She is the attorney in the lawsuit by faith leaders challenging Missouri’s abortion...
Dr. Phillip Korenblat was awarded the Outstanding Volunteer Clinical Teacher Award by the American College of Physicians (ACP), a national organization of internal medicine physicians.
The award is...
Jake Thomeczek received the John C. Shepherd Professionalism Award from the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (BAMSL). He is an associate county counselor with the St. Charles County Government. Thomeczek...
Shirel Richman will serve as the next cantor of United Hebrew Congregation. She is a fifth-year cantorial student at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in New York and will...
BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published May 1, 2024
If anyone, or in this case, any two, are up to the challenge of asking members of the St. Louis Jewish community to donate to Jewish Federation’s Annual Campaign, it’s Galia Movitz and Janie Roodman...
After years and years of writing Mother’s Day stories in appreciation of all-things-mom, I was fresh out of ideas. That’s when it dawned on me. Call Mindy. mindyKNOWS.
Mindy is Mindy Horwitz, 53,...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 30, 2024
Understanding antisemitism is complicated. So much so, that as of April 29, 2024, the United States Congress was still debating the official definition of the term.
On Monday lawmakers on the House Rules...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 30, 2024
Each year, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis presents the RubinBrown Corporate Leadership Award to a company that embodies philanthropic leadership in our community. Wallis Companies, together with the...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 29, 2024
As anti-Israel and incidents of antisemitism escalate on the campus of Washington University, concerns remain about the safety of Jewish students.
On Saturday, April...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published April 28, 2024
Jazz is a truly original American genre of music. Then there is “Laz Jazz,” which is unique to St. Louis, and created by the Brothers Lazaroff and inspired by Americana, rock, jazz and soul. The Jewish...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 26, 2024
On Saturday, April 27, nearly 120 years after the 1904 World’s Fair opened, a new exhibit commemorating this cornerstone event in St. Louis history will open at the Missouri History Museum. The...
