Unsung Heroes
![Cathy Lander-Goldberg. Photo by Bill Motchan](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/53222522056_e6a2320d85_o-1200x800.jpg)
Photographer-therapist brings light to women, both young and older
Published December 7, 2023
![Beth Saltzman](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Beth-Saltzman-1200x675.jpg)
From ticket taker to knish baker, volunteer has done it all
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 7, 2023
![Nancy Wasserman Giannasi](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Nancy-Wasserman-Giannasi-1200x675.jpg)
Nancy Wasserman Giannasi won’t slow down, and that goes for her dog, too
BY MEGAN RUBENSTEIN, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 7, 2023
![Alan Kirby](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Alan-Kirby-1200x675.jpg)
German language high school teacher, St. Louis teens forge ties through Judaism
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 7, 2023
![Sue Picus](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Sue-Picus-1200x675.jpg)
‘Tzedakah’ has long been key for Sue Picus
Jeffry Greenberg, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 7, 2023
![Dr. Bruce Frank and Enid Weisberg-Frank](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Dr.-Bruce-Frank-and-Enid-Weisberg-Frank-1200x675.jpg)
Bruce Frank and Enid Weisberg-Frank’s volunteer lifestyle follows a multigenerational tradition
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 7, 2023
![In slaying her own mental health dragons, Helene Meyer found a way to help others too](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Helene-Meyer-1-1200x675.jpg)
In slaying her own mental health dragons, Helene Meyer found a way to help others too
ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published December 7, 2023
![Amy Kuo Hammerman](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Amy-Kuo-Hammerman-1200x675.jpg)
Amy Kuo Hammerman: A tenacious advocate for women works to repair the world
BILL MOTCHAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 7, 2023
![Travel agent’s life takes flight on acts of chesed](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Murray-Bressler-1200x675.jpg)
Travel agent’s life takes flight on acts of chesed
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 6, 2023
![Local teacher’s humanity, creativity sparked by sixth-graders Nazi salute](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Betty-Baumgartner-1200x675.jpg)
Local teacher’s humanity, creativity sparked by sixth-graders’ Nazi salute
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published December 6, 2023
![Thriving yeshiva in Chesterfield is just what this doctor ordered](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Reiss-900x506.jpg)
Thriving yeshiva in Chesterfield is just what this doctor ordered
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published January 11, 2023
![Michele Friedman Siler. Photo by Bill Motchan](https://stljewishlight.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Siler-900x506.jpg)
Meet volunteer Michele Siler, ‘the human being we all strive to be’
PATRICIA CORRIGAN, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published January 10, 2023
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