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Enhance your leadership skills with the prestigious Levy Fellows program

Enhance your leadership skills with the prestigious Levy Fellows program

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished July 10, 2024

Attention all board leaders of Jewish organizations in the St. Louis region. The Levy Fellows program is now accepting applications for its highly anticipated Cohort #3. The...

Rabbi Ze'ev Smason and one of the American Red Wolves born at the St. Louis Zoo.

A howl-worthy coincidence: Rabbi Ze’ev and the Red Wolves!

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished July 10, 2024

I don’t believe in coincidences, so I thought I’d share what happened to me this past Monday. I hope it makes you smile. I'm frequently asked how we at the Jewish Light manage to find...

Turning tragedy into 'tikkun', the Jewish history of the Midwest Children’s Burn Camp

Turning tragedy into ‘tikkun’, the Jewish history of the Midwest Children’s Burn Camp

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished July 10, 2024

"The worst day of our lives turned out to be the best day," recalls Linda Hansen, reflecting on May 9, 1991, when her husband Gary was severely burned in a car fire. This tragic event...

Linda Sandmel

Linda Sandmel’s four decades of service honored with new award

Published July 10, 2024

Linda Sandmel of Shaare Emeth received its inaugural Avodah Volunteer of the Year Award. As Rabbi Andrea Goldstein said, “For 44 years, she has been an integral part of the tapestry of Shaare Emeth,...

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Melton course on ‘Highs and Lows: Our Communal Days of Joy and Sorrow’ planned

Published July 10, 2024

The St. Louis community has another opportunity for adult learning beginning in August: “Highs and Lows: Our Communal Days of Joy and Sorrow,” a six-week course offered through the Florence Melton...

NHBZ’S Synaplex Shabbat returns

NHBZ’S Synaplex Shabbat returns

Published July 10, 2024

NHBZ is excited to announce the much-anticipated return of its popular Synaplex Shabbat on Saturday, July 27. You and your family are invited to hear one of three extremely timely topics presented by...

Temple Israel plans Summer Game Night

Temple Israel plans Summer Game Night

Published July 10, 2024

Get your game on at Temple Israel with friends (and some new friends you haven’t met yet) over drinks, food, laughter and light-hearted competition. And if you’ve got what it takes to win...walk away...

Paraquad CEO Jerry Ehrlich (center) with clients of the St. Louis nonprofit.

From basketball to the boardroom: Jerry Ehrlich’s journey to changing lives

By Kathleen Lees, Special to the Jewish LightPublished July 10, 2024

When Jerry Ehrlich looks back on his career, from radio announcer to CEO of a nonprofit, his invention of the “Hershey Bar Shot” stands at the forefront of his mind.  “When the time comes...

Jewish Federation of St. Louis building is now known as the Kaplan Feldman Complex. Photo: Bill Motchan

Jewish Federation search committee working to find agency’s next CEO

Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished July 10, 2024

The next CEO of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis will need to hit the ground running and inspire the organization to meet new challenges. Federation’s search committee is working diligently to identify...

St. Louis' only Kosher deli closes: Kohn’s shutters after 60 years

St. Louis’ only Kosher deli closes: Kohn’s shutters after 60 years

Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-ChiefPublished July 9, 2024

Kohn’s Kosher Meat and Deli, the only free-standing full-service kosher grocery in St. Louis, has closed its doors. A note released on Tuesday, July 9, by the Vaad Hoeir of St. Louis, which provides...

"Sweeter Cards’ Stacy Stahl takes the cake (and the chocolate!)"

“Sweeter Cards’ Stacy Stahl takes the cake (and the chocolate!)”

Published July 9, 2024

Stacy Stahl and her company, Sweeter Cards, won the Promotional Products Association International competition, the Pitch. It is a greeting card and gourmet chocolate bar all in one. Stahl is currently...

May 16, 2023; Washington, DC, USA; Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., questions Samuel Altman, CEO, OpenAI, testifying before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law hearing on Artificial Intelligence in Washington. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY

Josh Hawley says: ‘America Is a Christian Nation’—And he means it

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished July 9, 2024

Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley made waves this week with a bold endorsement of Christian nationalism during his speech at the National Conservatism Conference on Monday....

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