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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Students learn about government

BY JILL KASSANDERPublished January 30, 2007

SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT Do you know who your representative is for your local government? Do you know how often your city council meets? How about your school board? If you are a sixth-grade student who is participating in the local government CECH...

Congregations give access for homebound

BY JILL KASSANDERPublished January 23, 2007

SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT Central Reform Congregation's Rabbi Susan Talve shared a story with the congregation right before the start of services on Kol Nidre in 2005. She had visited a member in the hospital earlier in the day who was very sad he would...

Julie Frankel aims to promote Holocaust education in the classroom

BY JILL KASSANDERPublished January 23, 2007

SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT Many Missouri schools do try to bring Holocaust education into their classrooms. The challenge is often the lack of materials, curriculum and educators who feel they can teach the subject. B'nai Amoona member and school counselor...

MySci visits Mirowitz Day School

MySci visits Mirowitz Day School

BY JILL KASSANDERPublished January 16, 2006

SPECIAL TO THE LIGHT The 37-foot custom-built MySci Investigation Station trailer attracted a lot of attention and excitement at the parking lot at Saul Mirowitz Day School - Reform Jewish Academy. The unique experiential learning program for students...

CHOICES: Jewish College Fair Set for later this month

BY JILL KASSANDERPublished January 16, 2006

SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT High school sophomores, juniors and seniors and their parents will be able to visit with representatives from 60 colleges and universities from around the country at CHOICES: Jewish College Fair 2006 on Sunday, Jan. 29, from...

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