Nusach Hari B’nai Zion will honor Rabbi Yosef and Mimi David during the congregation’s 111th Anniversary Banquet on Sunday, Dec. 11. The congregation is also honoring Shayna Scribner and Rhonda Goldfader as recipients of NHBZ’s inaugural Hakaras...
Aish HaTorah will offer free educational services for Rosh Hashanah at 6:20 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2 and from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3 (light kiddush to follow). These services take place at both the Aish Firehouse (led by Rabbi Shmuel Greenwald),...
Aish HaTorah will honor Charles and Naomi Ruth Deutsch during its annual fundraising dinner Sunday, March 11.The Deutschs have a longstanding and deep relationship with Aish HaTorah and have shown their commitment to the organization and its mission:...
Ad campaign criticisms were overblownI disagree with those American Jewish groups and individuals who thought that the Israeli government-sponsored ads, intended to cajole Israelis living in the United States to come home, were intended to insult and...
Last month I had the opportunity to participate in the Jewish Women's Renaissance Project's Transform and Grow trip to Israel, sponsored by Aish HaTorah of St. Louis. Twenty-eight St. Louis Jewish mothers left their families for a nine-day trip. For all...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS
• Published July 20, 2011
Rabbi Elazar Grunberger and his wife, Brocha Krakow Grunberger, were honored for their 26 years of service to Aish HaTorah of St. Louis and the U. City Shul, at a tribute dinner last Thursday, July 14, attended by 250 people at the Arts & Education...
From rock n' roll to Torah scroll, I have been blessed many times over for living a younger life of rock music and an older life of learning about our heritage. Being raised on rock was great fun, as I have had a lot of good times meeting nationally renowned...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 8, 2011
When Rabbi Elazar Grunberger began the St. Louis leg of his career, he expected it would be two years before he returned to Israel. Now, he's finally going back - 26 years later. "We've enjoyed St. Louis on many levels," he said. "It's been a great...
By Victoria Siegel, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 1, 2011
It took just a little over 48 hours for the staff and a few members of United Hebrew Congregation in Creve Coeur to respond to an urgent request from the sole synagogue in tornado-ravaged Joplin. Through the generosity of St. Louisans and the speed and...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 30, 2011
Many are aware of the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion," the anti-Semitic work that has plagued the Jewish community for more than a century with lies about Judaic desire for world domination. Yet few would have thought of writing a song about it. "It...
