BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published March 21, 2024
About a year ago, on March 16 to be exact, Michael Dorf opened City Winery St. Louis, an entertainment venue, restaurant, winery and event space at the City Foundry in Midtown. When I interviewed him at...
Mike Lefton is the new board chair of Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis.
He will lead Variety in its 90th year of empowering local kids and teens with disabilities.
A member of Congregation...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 20, 2024
In August 1978, I vividly remember being told to “dress up, shut up and smile” as I was dragged to see "Damn Yankees" at the Muny. It was hot and I hated it. Years later I learned to regret my hostility...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 19, 2024
On Tuesday morning, March 19, 2024, I hopped in my 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 and traveled back to April 1977 along with hundreds of St. Louis Jewish Light readers. Like Marty McFly, we had a mission, a purpose...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 19, 2024
New billboards with strong messages against antisemitism are now up along two major roadways around St. Louis, with a third to be added this week. The billboards' messaging is intentionally powerful and...
On Thursday, March 21, restauranteur Ben Poremba and his Bengelina Hospitality Group will open their latest eatery, Esca, in the Delmar Maker District at 5095 Delmar Blvd. In mid-to-late April, Poremba...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 18, 2024
I stumbled upon this wonderful photo of 16 smiling, happy people from 1977. According to the label on the back of the picture, we believe it was taken as a preview of "The Realtor Follies."
From...
BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN AND JORDAN PALMER
• Published March 18, 2024
After more than four and a half years, Brian Herstig, president & CEO of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, will resign his position at the end of June to move closer to his family in Minnesota.
Herstig,...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 17, 2024
A $13 million renovation of the Jewish Community Center’s Marilyn Fox Building in Chesterfield will begin in early April and touch all areas of the facility. The project will be funded through a capital...
By Beth Harpaz, The Forward
• Published March 17, 2024
Rabbi Seth Goldstein joined TikTok during the pandemic as “a way of occupying time and being creative.” He has since come to see it as “a wonderful vehicle” for teaching the weekly Torah portion...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 17, 2024
According to the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), the first baseball reminiscence program in the US was the Cardinals Reminiscence League (CRL). Begun in 2011,...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published March 14, 2024
The finale of Ignite YP's Staenberg Speaker Series is set for Wednesday, March 20, and will feature its namesake, Michael Staenberg, as the main speaker.
Staenberg is the current President of the Board...