By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 11, 2012
Assi Gastfraind has his audience's full attention. As he looks into young faces as bright as the Sunday morning sunlight streaming into this classroom tucked comfortably behind Bais Abraham's sanctuary, every question seems to elicit a sea of eager waving...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published January 4, 2012
St. Louis had a year of ups and downs in 2011, saying farewell to some beloved communal leaders, one local congregation and two longtime kosher mainstays. The community pulled together in response to the tragic devastation of the tornado that struck Joplin....
Registration is now open for the Spring Semester of Bais Abraham Congregation's "Shelanu" Sunday morning Hebrew Language School. The school is for children in kindergarten through 5th grade who speak Hebrew with their families at home. Using Israeli...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 20, 2011
Every time Rabbi Hyim Shafner stops by the home next door, he gets the same feeling - part memory, part emotion. "I do remember sitting in that house with Rabbi [Abraham] Magence and talking to him," said Shafner, who took over as Bais Abraham Congregation's...
