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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
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The new Kol Rinah building in Clayton is nearing completion.

National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis helped provide school essentials; clothes and other items to 2,000 St. Louis-area children during the organization's annual Back to School! Store on July 19, 2020. Pictured are Marci Ranger (left) and Chris Bomze.

[Photo] NCJW again adjusts Back to School Store for COVID

Eric Berger, Associate Editor
Published July 27, 2021
Temple Emanuel

[Photo] “Pop In” to Temple Emanuel Open House

Published April 28, 2021
Yom Ha'atzmaut at Epstein Hebrew Academy Epstein Hebrew Academy celebrated the completion of a Hebrew learning project on Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel Independence Day. Pictured here are Dalia Oppenheimer with her mother Zakeie Oppenheimer and her brother Max Opppenheimer, and first-graders Yaffa Globower and Maya Oppenheimer.

[Photo] For Epstein Hebrew Academy, Israel Independence Day was a day to celebrate Hebrew learning

Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
Published April 16, 2021
National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis helped provide school essentials; clothes and other items to 2,000 St. Louis-area children during the organization's annual Back to School! Store on July 19. This year was the 20th anniversary of the event. College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving provided a distribution hub where volunteers picked up boxes of filled backpacks to deliver to partner agencies in the St. Louis area, which distributed the bags to clients and members.

[Photo] 2020 in review: St. Louis Jewish community adapts to life during a pandemic

By Ellen Futterman, Eric Berger and Mike Sherwin
Published January 7, 2021
National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis helped provide school essentials; clothes and other items to 2,000 St. Louis-area children during the organization's annual Back to School! Store on July 19, 2020. College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving provided a distribution hub where volunteers picked up boxes of filled backpacks to deliver to partner agencies in the St. Louis area, which distributed the bags to clients and members.

[Photo] Volunteers! power school shopping experience for underserved children

ELLEN FUTTERMAN, Editor-in-Chief
Published November 20, 2020
From left: Dan Rosenthal, David Cooperstein, Randi Mozenter, Michael Staenberg and Tony Patterson are shown outside the new Kol Rinah building.

[Photo] Kol Rinah longs to share its new space with big crowds

BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Published November 11, 2020
Bill Kaufman runs Kaufman Broadcast Services.

[Photo] TV/radio expert keeps Cardinals—and the High Holidays—on the air

BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Published September 4, 2020
National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis helped provide school essentials; clothes and other items to 2,000 St. Louis-area children during the organization's annual Back to School! Store on July 19, 2020. College Hunks Hauling Junk and Moving provided a distribution hub where volunteers picked up boxes of filled backpacks to deliver to partner agencies in the St. Louis area, which distributed the bags to clients and members.

[Photo] Pack it up: Back to School! Store is on a different roll this year

BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
Published July 23, 2020
Staff members at The Nest at Central Reform Congregation: Maxine Weil (director of congregational learning), Carly Palans, Gracie Devasto, Tristyn Morrell, Teona Keys and Sally Brown (director).

[Photo] Jewish preschools reopen with strict protocols, fewer pupils

BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
Published July 10, 2020
Silk Foundation Trustees Dr. Richard Kofkoff and Dr. Susan Godwin-Kofkoff. Photo: Bill Motchan

[Photo] ‘Mirowitz in Bloom’ gala set for May 5

Published April 18, 2019
From left: Bryson, Amirah, Jordan and Kanaya.

[Photo] NCJW helps young shoppers suit up for school

STORY & PHOTOS BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
Published August 2, 2018
Silk Foundation Trustees Dr. Richard Kofkoff and Dr. Susan Godwin-Kofkoff are shown with Rabbi Jordan Gerson. Gerson is The Silk Foundation Campus Rabbi at Hillel at Washington University in St. Louis.

[Photo] Silk Foundation smooths way for many Jewish agencies

BY DAVID BAUGHER, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
Published May 10, 2018
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