Barbara Ballinger and Margaret Crane, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published December 20, 2022
As the year ends and some of us make resolutions, looks often come up in what we can change. We suggest a different strategy. Looks have never been topmost, though we like to look good. We have our reasons.
Growing up, Margaret's mother preached: "Pretty...
BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANE
• Published December 6, 2022
A year ago, we spent New Year's Eve together and with a few others. Before the clock struck Midnight, we decided as a group not to share our resolutions since we often break the vows, setting ourselves up for failure. We adhere to the atavistic adage:...
When it comes to celebrating Hanukkah, Chabad in the St. Louis area likes to go big, as in really big.
Among noteworthy events, there will be a menorah lighting near the Arch and on Historic Main Street in St. Charles, just a stone’s throw away...
By Kathy Gilsinan, River City Journalism Fund
• Published December 6, 2022
This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund as part of its series Shadow of Death, which considers St. Louis County’s use of the death penalty.
When Missouri executioners injected Kevin Johnson with a lethal dose of pentobarbital...
By Ryan Krull, The River City Journalism Fund
• Published December 6, 2022
This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund as part of its series Shadow of Death, which considers St. Louis County’s use of the death penalty.
On November 20, 2003, 45-year-old Beverly Guenther was abducted outside the office where...
BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANE, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published November 29, 2022
It happens to most of us and can be a gut-punch. You have a strong relationship with someone and suddenly they disappear. Poof.
It's called ghosting and occurs when a person stops communicating with another without warning. They disappear into thin...
BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANE, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published November 22, 2022
It's almost the start of the big holiday whirl. We're busy shopping and spending money on gifts, gathering with friends and relatives at home and out and about to toast our togetherness. We feel we're hemorrhaging money while spending almost $4 a gallon...
Sarah Fenske, River City Journalism Fund
• Published November 22, 2022
This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund as part of its series Shadow of Death, which considers St. Louis County’s use of the death penalty.
No less than the great defense attorney Clarence Darrow believed that more than lawyers’...
Sylvester Brown, Jr., River City Journalism Fund
• Published November 22, 2022
This story was commissioned by the River City Journalism Fund as part of its series Shadow of Death, which considers St. Louis County’s use of the death penalty.
The Gospel of John tells of Jesus chastising a crowd intent on stoning a woman to death....
Students at Yeshivat Kadimah High School (known as Kadimah) took a bus on Sunday, Aug. 28 to Godfrey, Ill. for the school’s very first “all in” overnight event.
This was a fantastic way for students to bond and a great start to the upcoming school...
BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANE, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published November 15, 2022
At some point we each have thought, we wish we were richer. Maybe, have another income stream as prices continue to rise, especially if our writing dries up. Our co-mingled anxiety has led us to wonder how easy or hard it would be to retrain ourselves...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published November 9, 2022
The man who just over a year ago threatened to blow up the Central Reform Congregation (CRC) has been sentenced to 30 months in prison.
The sentence was handed down Tuesday, by U.S. District Judge Henry E. Autrey for Cody Steven Rush, 30, who pleaded...
