Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published May 23, 2022
The 42nd St. Louis Senior Olympics will kick off Thursday, May 26 with opening ceremonies and a vendor fair from 1-4 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center’s Staenberg Family Complex Arts & Education Building parking lot. The ceremonies will also...
(JTA) — In the early 1930s, Victor Perez was on top of the world.
The Tunisian Jewish boxer, who fought under the ring name “Young Perez,” became the World Flyweight Champion in 1931 and 1932 after moving from Tunis to Paris. He became a bonafide...
(JTA) — Former basketball star Amar’e Stoudemire raised some eyebrows when he disclosed last week that he is leaving the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets after two seasons as a player development assistant coach. His comments about how the situation...
Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published April 29, 2022
Over the past 45 years, nearly 100,000 St. Louisans have learned to play tennis from instructor Mark Platt. Platt, at 67, continues to teach, create innovative tennis training programs and be a goodwill ambassador for the game he loves.
Platt, who...
(JTA) — Some Jewish baseball fans know the name Elie Kligman, even though he’s just a freshman in college. That’s because last year he became one of the first two Orthodox Jewish players ever picked in a Major League Baseball draft.
But virtually...
(JTA) — At first, 24-year-old Shay Asher claimed that a picture of him giving a Nazi salute at a soccer game in England last year was merely a misunderstanding.
Asher, a former fireman, told police who questioned him about the picture that he was...
(JTA) — A few years ago, Rachel Picado attended a Utah Jazz game in Salt Lake City with Israeli diplomat Eitan Na’eh, who was visiting from Los Angeles. During the closing seconds of the game, which the Jazz won, the two heard a familiar song coming...
The St. Louis Senior Olympics – an Olympic-style sporting event for men and women aged 50 and older – will soon embark on its 42nd year. The regional competition is accepting applications for athletes and volunteers to participate in more than 90...
Betsy Schmidt, CEO, St. Louis Jewish Light
• Published April 21, 2022
What if you could spend an afternoon enjoying a hot dog and a Cardinals game while helping local youth attend summer camp and other youth programs?
This is a “Win-Win” idea, and here’s hoping the Cardinals bring in a 3rd win as well!
On Sunday,...
Bill Motchan, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published April 16, 2022
Last summer, Patty Malashock went to the gym three days a week and walked regularly. She wanted more exercise when she saw a notice at Westwood Country Club about an upcoming pickleball clinic.
“I thought ‘What the heck—I’m going,’” said...
(JTA) — When Ron Blomberg stepped up to the plate for the New York Yankees on April 6, 1973, he knew he was making history. But he didn’t think it would matter.
With his first-inning walk during the Yankees’ loss against the Boston Red Sox, Blomberg...
(New York Jewish Week) — Stan Fischler, long known as “The Hockey Maven,” figured on quietly celebrating his 90th birthday on March 31 in Israel’s Kibbutz El Rom, the Golan Heights community where he lives with his son, Simon Fischler, his daughter-in-law...
