Jewish St. Louis Senior Olympians competing in the ice hockey accuracy shootout took the top three spots in the new event in the 2025 games.
Marc Oberman grabbed the gold medal and Monte Sandler captured silver.
Scott Chelist, who took the bronze...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published May 27, 2025
Two St. Louis Senior Olympics volunteers love sports and plan to enter the competition, but not for another 30-plus years.
Owen Whalen, 18, and Jake Goldfarb, 17, could be seen at multiple 2025 St. Louis Senior Olympics venues, clipboards in hand.
Both...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published May 27, 2025
Powerlifting grandmother Jaime “Jai-Jai” Goldstein now has amassed more than 250 medals and trophies, including five golds and one silver in the 2025 St. Louis Senior Olympics.
Goldstein, who was profiled in the Jewish Light in 2023, has been competing...
The father-son team of Harvey and Brad Wallace captured the gold medal in the St. Louis Senior Olympics racquetball doubles competition. It represented a repeat performance in the top spot from 2024 in the men’s age 50-54 division.
Harvey Wallace...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 20, 2025
Andy Katzman has spent a good portion of his career as a baseball coach at John Burroughs School on the team’s home ballfield. On Saturday, May 17, he stepped out on the field again, but this time it felt different. The spacious field is now known as...
By Louis Keene, The Forward
• Published May 18, 2025
Robert Shwartzman had already made Israeli history when he started his engine for time trials at the Indy 500. Four laps later, he made race history, too.
Shwartzman, the first Israeli driver to compete at the hallowed race grounds, won its preliminary...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 4, 2025
When an opposing goalie sees Yael Sabin approaching, it’s usually too late to react. The Jewish star midfielder for the Ladue Horton Watkins High School Rams will seize the opportunity to score yet another goal.
Sabin, 18, has already amassed...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published April 23, 2025
Ian Kinsler didn’t just wear the jersey—he helped make history in it. In 2021, the former Mizzou Tiger and four-time MLB All-Star suited up for Team Israel at the Tokyo Olympics, where the squad became the first Israeli team in any sport to win a...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published March 26, 2025
For pinball aficionados, there’s nothing quite as satisfying as the “THOK!” sound indicating you’ve earned a free game. Coming up in May, pinball wizards aged 50 and over can use their skill to win a medal. Pinball is just one of the new competitions...
Bruce Pearl, whose Auburn men’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen this weekend, opened his postgame press conference by calling to “bring the hostages home.”
Auburn is one of three No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Division I men’s basketball...
As the most exciting time in college basketball begins, Jewish coaches are in the spotlight.
For much of the season, four coaches — Auburn’s Bruce Pearl, Duke’s Jon Scheyer, Florida’s Todd Golden and USC’s Lindsay Gottlieb — have been at...
Sadie Levy became the 11th female to score 1,000 points in basketball at Parkway Central High School.
She set the school record for the most points in a single game (with 42 points) and also broke the records for all-time steals as well as three-pointers.
She...