The holiday of Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, begins at sundown May 19. In communities all over the world, Jews can be found learning the Torah that our ancestors almost did not receive at Mount Sinai over 3,300 years ago. According to Torah scholar...
This year marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. More than a generation has passed since a Wisconsin senator encouraged Harvard graduate student Denis Hayes to found the first world-wide celebration of the Earth. Forty years is a long time, so this...
Since its release last December, James Cameron's hit film "Avatar" has become something of a phenomenon. As the highest grossing film ever, "Avatar" won three Academy Awards: Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Visual Effects. The film will...
According to estimates from the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute's study in 2007, there are 13.2 million Jews on Earth-less than 0.3 percent of the world's population. Although small in number, the Jewish people boast some pretty remarkable statistics....
In 1992, the executive director of the St. Louis Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) Batya Abramson-Goldstein, formed the Student-to-Student program with support from the Jewish Federation. Abramson-Goldstein was often invited to speak to area high...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 3, 2010
Fast food may always have an audience, but the Slow Food movement, founded in 1989, continues to gain ground. Some 200 chapters in this country alone - including one in St. Louis - promote consumption of fresh, local, and sustainably produced food. Local...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 3, 2010
A lot of St. Louis area restaurants take delivery of locally grown and produced foods. At Café Osage, the staff picks fresh greens and vegetables from a garden across the street, and herbs are harvested from the roof garden above the restaurant. Now,...
