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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Bill Motchan pins a corsage on the lapel of his mother, Lydia Motchan, at her retirement party from Jewish Hospital on July 28, 1983.

From Bob Plager to Redd Fox: Jewish Hospital remembered

By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish LightPublished August 2, 2017

The 1960s represented a transformational period for medical advancements in the United States. That was especially evident at the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, which in 1963 became a major teaching hospital, in conjunction with Washington University Medical...

Evelyn’s House, a 16-bed hospice home located on the campus of Barnes West, opened in June. 

BJC’s Evelyn’s House brings compassion to dying; new rabbi at Bais Abe

Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished August 2, 2017

Putting the hope into hospiceI didn’t know community leader and philanthropist Evelyn Edison Newman, once dubbed the “Queen of St. Louis Fundraising” because she was instrumental in the founding of local institutions such as the Greater St. Louis...

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