Jessica Goldberg & Haley Horowitz
Freshmen, John Burroughs High School and Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published November 13, 2013
Cornucopias overflowing with dreidels? Turkey stuffed with gelt? Sweet potato latke pie? This year brings a rare coincidence of holidays. For the first time since the late 1880s, Thanksgiving and the first day of Hanukkah will occur on the same day. As...
Ali Gold
Sophomore, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published November 13, 2013
Not only is 22-year-old Ben Rubin living in the city of his dreams, but the 2009 Parkway Central graduate also spends every day educating kids in underperforming schools. Rubin has taken a job at Chicago-based City Year, an Americorps program that places...
Louisa Goldman
Freshman, MICDS High School
• Published November 13, 2013
For many Jewish pre-teens, the most daunting aspect of their bar/bat mitzvah is the idea of a mitzvah project, or an act of charity that betters the community. After it is successfully completed, numerous experience a sense of fulfillment, and promise...
Isabella Gross
Senior, Whitfield High school
• Published November 13, 2013
Lights, camera, walk! ALIVE magazine recently wrapped up its eighth annual St. Louis Fashion week, and it was a resounding success.“The week has really taken some new twists and turns of late,” said Susan Sherman of the St. Louis Fashion Advisory...
Jewish people in America seem to have natural abilities that lend them to Hollywood careers. The Jewish influence in Hollywood has been apparent since the dawn of its prime. The fact is, Jews are entertainers! Everyone knows the actors, singers, comedians...
Few are able to climb the ladder of leadership as quickly and successfully as Zach Heiman has done over his six past years as a participant in the North American Federation of Temple Youth, or NFTY.Zach, a current senior at Parkway Central and member...
Joshua Levin thrives backstage in the entertainment industry. From start to finish, he is entirely responsible for the lighting, video and automation of performances. According to Levin, through a “haphazardly non-linear” career path, he has spent...
Naomi Oberlander/ Freshman, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published October 9, 2013
The Jewish Student Union has a new face in town. Sam Zitin has arrived from Indianapolis to take over the role of JSU’s Associate City Director.The Jewish Student Union is a club that provides easy access to Jewish education for kids in secular schools....
Melanie Rush/ Sophomore, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published October 9, 2013
Often, when a student is asked, “What language do you take?” the usual suspects include Spanish, French, German, or Latin. However, at Ladue Horton Watkins High School a different answer could be expected: Hebrew.For 31 years, Rami Pinsburg, a member...
BY MEGAN WALLIS/ Freshman, Parkway West High School
• Published October 9, 2013
Typically, you don’t walk down the hall at school, spot someone attractive, and immediately think, “I wonder if they are Jewish.” Granted, there are a lot of fish in the sea, but when your parents want you to date only the gefilte fish, it can...
BY HANNAH SNIDMAN/ Junior, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published October 9, 2013
Women of the Wall works towards earning women the right to wear prayer clothing and pray out loud from the Torah at the Western Wall, or Kotel. Twenty-eight-year-old Andrea Wiese supported the organization by becoming the first woman ever to wear tefillin,...
BY STEPHEN YOFFIE/Junior, Parkway Central High School
• Published October 9, 2013
Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me some yummy latkes to eat! Every year, many Jews grapple with the question of celebrating Halloween. There are many things that people do not know about the “holy day” Halloween. First, Halloween has religious...
