By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 26, 2019
Here’s a pro tip to make it through a 25-hour fast: Lay off caffeine for a couple of weeks.That’s one way Rabbi Garth Silberstein is preparing for his first High Holidays at Bais Abraham Congregation. Silberstein is planning for the holidays in other...
The Yeshivat Maharat summer tour will visit Bais Abraham Congregation on July 28 for a scholar-in-residence Shabbaton with Shira Eliassian.The following talks are planned: • Shabbat Morning Drasha (Shacharit starts at 9 a.m.):“Dreaming in the Wake...
On Nov. 18, Bais Abraham Congregation will hold its second annual Science and Judaism Shabbaton, exploring medical scientific advances and their relationship to Judaism. Speakers will explore the theme of “Medical Science and Halachic/Ethical Implications.”Saturday...
Bais Abraham welcomes the community to bid farewell to the Shafner family before they depart for Washington, D.C. Rabbi Hyim Shafner has served the congregation since 2004. He has accepted a position as senior rabbi of Kesher Israel, a Washington synagogue....
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published March 22, 2017
Never can say goodbyeSad but exciting news came last week from Rabbi Hyim Shafner, who has served Bais Abraham Congregation since 2004. In a letter to congregants, Shafner explained he would be leaving St. Louis this summer to become senior rabbi at Kesher...
In the beginning of this week’s Torah portion, Terumah, Moses has just ascended Mount Sinai after the saying of the aseret hadibrot, Ten Commandments, and G-d now commands Moses to tell the Jewish People to collect funds for the building of the Mishkan...
By Eric Berger, Staff writer
• Published November 2, 2016
How do you observe Shabbat on Mars if the day is not 24 hours and there are 687 days in a year? Or a question with more immediate relevance: Is lab-engineered bacon kosher?These are the kind of topics that Jewish scholars and scientists will explore...
What are the Jews? Not a religion, for there are many who would say they are Jewish but are not religious. Not a nation, for a nation is identified with its land and shared culture, and Jews have not had a land for most of their history and do not share...
By Hannah Snidman, Staff writer
• Published June 22, 2016
After forming a Hebrew school specifically for secular Israelis, Bais Abraham recently created a yearlong bar and bat mitzvah program for Israeli families living in the St. Louis area.In Israel, many Jewish teenagers host parties for bar and bat mitzvahs...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has awarded $50,000 in grants to 14 Jewish schools, agencies and congregations for inclusive programs. This is the second year that the Jewish Federation of St. Louis has allocated Mini Grants in order to help Jewish organizations...
Nick of timeWhen Ted Grazman was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2000, at age 59, he wanted to do everything he could to help those studying this brain disorder to understand it better, his wife Marsha recalled the other day.Alzheimer’s, the...
Passover is about relationships. Over and over, the Torah expresses the Passover Seder in intergenerationally related terms, such as: “When your child shall ask you, ‘What is this service’ ” and, “And you shall say to them, ‘With a strong...
