ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published May 10, 2021
A year ago, a day after the holiday Shavuot, Congregation Bais Abraham in University City hosted four infectious disease doctors — all of them Bais Abe members— for a panel discussion on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, a year later,...
BY RABBI GARTH SILBERSTEIN
• Published August 6, 2020
Carl Sagan once said, “If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” In other words, none of us have ever done anything by ourselves. Anything that we manage to achieve is possible only because we find ourselves...
Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 19, 2020
The board presidents of Bais Abraham Congregation and Kol Rinah meet regularly to discuss a variety of subjects: supporting the Jewish community, governing an Orthodox synagogue. . . and whose turn it is to take out the trash.That’s because they are...
Listing below provided by the St. Louis Rabbinical and Cantorial Association, with additional information from congregations directly• Bais Abraham (Orthodox): Daily Tehillim, Halakha and Mishnah Monday through Friday at 7 a.m. Online at https://zoom.us/j/297962649...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published March 24, 2020
The board of directors at Bais Abraham Congregation could be mistaken for a COVID-19 response unit.Of the 19 people on the board of the modern Orthodox synagogue, four are physicians who specialize in infectious diseases. For those counting at home (which...
BY KAYLA STEINBERG, Staff Writer
• Published June 27, 2019
The home of George and Darla Grossberg is packed with congregants, students and friends of Rabbi Ben Greenfield. They’ve gathered to wish their beloved rabbi farewell as he leaves Bais Abraham Congregation to start his next chapter as rabbi of Brooklyn’s...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published July 26, 2017
If Rabbi Hyim Shafner encounters Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, at Kesher Israel in Washington, D.C., he already has a line planned: “Hmmm... are you related to the Teaneck Trumps?” Shafner is preparing to become head rabbi at Kesher...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has awarded $50,000 in grants to 14 Jewish schools, agencies and congregations for inclusive programs. This is the third year that Federation has allocated mini grants to help Jewish organizations eliminate barriers so that...
