The Anti-Defamation League’s A World of Difference Institute will present the Center of Creative Arts (COCA), Affton High School senior Joshua Krakos and Affton educator Brian Jennings with the inaugural David M. Grebler Memorial Award. The award pays...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 21, 2016
As Matt Golliver daubed various paints together, he was still trying to get his skin tone just right.“I think I’m getting a little bit closer but there is still some work to do,” said the Creve Coeur resident as he mixed fleshy hues into a single...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 13, 2016
Morrie H. Zimring, longtime businessman in the vending machine and related businesses, was remembered by his family members, friends and Jewish leaders for his selfless and generous spirit throughout his life. Mr. Zimring, 85, died Friday, July 8, 2016...
The Anti-Defamation League has announced that local high school seniors Shoshana Williams (John Burroughs) and Rebecca Bloom (Clayton High School) are the recipients of the ADL’s 19th Annual Meyer and Marcelle Kranzberg Memorial Scholarship Awards. ...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 8, 2016
An afternoon of unusually blunt talk by one of the nation’s most well-established conservative political commentators about the upcoming presidential election served as the centerpiece of the Anti-Defamation League’s Torch of Liberty Award Luncheon...
The Anti-Defamation League, Missouri/Southern Illinois has hired Tasha Kaminsky as the organization’s Director of Development. Kaminsky came to the St. Louis region four years ago from Sarasota, Fla. She is a graduate of Florida State University and...
During an event on June 1, the Anti-Defamation League will present its Torch of Liberty Award to John Danforth, a former Missouri Attorney General, U.S. Senator, Special Counsel on the Branch Davidian raid in Waco, Texas, and U.S. Ambassador to the United...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published February 24, 2016
A series of scary incidents over the last few weeks in the St. Louis Jewish community as well as in Jewish communities elsewhere have forced local organizations and institutions to test their security plans.Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School in Creve...
The Anti-Defamation League is seeking nominations for the 2014 Meyer and Marcelle Kranzberg Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship was established to recognize youth who have made outstanding contributions to the Jewish community and who may become future...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published February 22, 2012
David M. Grebler, highly respected for his leadership of the Missouri/Southern Illinois Regional Advisory Board of the Anti-Defamation League and as president of the St. Louis Jewish Light Board of Trustees from 2005-2007, died Thursday, Feb. 16, at MD...
Nov. 6-12 is Media Literacy Week, during which we are urged to focus on how we view, process and react to news and information. Groups like the local Gateway Media Literacy Partners (www.gmlpstl.org) promote the importance of critical reading skills...
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) will present Community Tributes: With A Little Help From Our Friends, to recognize those with whom the organization accomplishes its grassroots advocacy and education.Missouri State Highway Patrol, Bryan Cave LLP, Central...
