Confident of the positive impact Jewish early childhood centers (ECC) can have on children, their parents and the St. Louis Jewish community, Jewish Federation invested $125,000 last August into a collaborative initiative for all 10 of the community’s...
What about your Israel trip still resonates the most? Did visiting the Jewish state change your connection to Judaism? How did the actual trip compare to your expectations?
The above questions are just a few the Jewish Light asked a number of St. Louis...
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June and Missouri immediately activated the state’s “trigger law” banning legal abortion, I got to thinking about those who fought hard for reproductive rights before the passage of Roe in 1973.
In...
Lately, I’ve been thinking about legacies — how they happen, what they mean, how we hope to be remembered, how we actually are remembered. Maybe these thoughts have something to do with the realization that I have lived many more years than are likely...
As a grandma with two amazing granddaughters, ages 6 and 4, I’ve got to say, life doesn’t get much better. They’re at the ages when they are so happy to see me, especially if it’s for a sleepover because they love to play “interview” at...
Sarah Rumfelt and Katie Wallace happily chatted as they waited Sunday afternoon for the meeting at the Jewish Community Center’s outdoor pavilion to start. It was uncomfortably hot and humid, with temperatures hovering around 100 degrees, but that...
The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum will reopen on Nov. 2.
The new 36,000 square foot structure will be four times larger than the previous facility, which was located on the lower level of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis building. It...
You know how sometimes you see a headline, or catch a snippet on the TV news and bam, you’re transported back in time? Often, it’s the innocuous stuff that does it, something you haven’t thought about for decades. But then, once that headline or...
What’s in a name? Maybe more than you think.
In a letter to Shaare Emeth members, Cantor Seth Warner explains how the Reform congregation has renamed its B’nei Mitzvah program to B’Mitzvah Program.
“This shift reflects Shaare Emeth’s commitment...
Last week at a Federation event, I moderated a panel that consisted of five local Jewish restaurateurs, including Israeli native Ben Poremba, owner and chef of Bengelina Hospitality Group (Elaia, Ol io, Nixta, The Benevolent King and more).
When asked...
On Friday, May 20, Gail Lang did something she had waited to do for 50 years — walk at her college graduation ceremony.
There she was, replete in cap and gown, at the age of 71, walking with roughly 50 members of Washington University’s Class of...
I learned long ago that many of the best story ideas come from readers. So when someone calls or stops me to say, “Hey, I’ve got a good story for the Light,” I listen.
Sure, some stories don’t pan out or live up to the hype, but the flip side...
