By Eric Berger, Associate Editor & Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published July 2, 2020
In early April, the Jewish Light reported on how Jewish small business owners in the St. Louis area were doing after they had to either close shop or drastically alter how they operate because of the coronavirus pandemic. Both St. Louis city and county...
By Kate Robbins, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 25, 2020
In late 2017, Anya Corson started her fermented honey business around her mother’s dining room table.
“We grew up with Shabbat dinners and holidays always around this table and all the wonderful conversations and things that have happened around...
Elise Krug, Editorial & Development Associate
• Published June 4, 2020
Dr. David H. Gutmann has received the Advocate of Hope Award from the national Neurofibromatosis Network. He is the vice chairman for research affairs in the neurology department at Washington University School of Medicine. Gutmann founded and directs...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published May 28, 2020
It’s a question many parents of children with significant mental and/or physical challenges face after their child turns 21 and Special School District services are no longer available.Now what?For Julie Yawitz, research into that question began several...
By Elise Krug, Editorial & Development Associate
• Published May 7, 2020
The Men’s Clubs of Congregation B’nai Amoona and Kol Rinah will honor their respective Man of the Year and Youth of the Year at a luncheon on a date to be determined. All honorees have demonstrated a commitment to a primary objective of the Men’s...
BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published December 5, 2019
It’s the busy season for Irwin Loiterstein. He has to schedule deliveries, calm anxious customers and extract countless pine needles from every fiber of his clothing. Loiterstein is Jewish and St. Louis’ primary wholesaler of Christmas trees. He...
Compiled by Elise Krug, Editorial & Development Associate
• Published December 5, 2019
Bud Rosenbaum has been named chairman of the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center. He has been a volunteer there for 10 years ago served as a docent and chair of its Development Committee, among other assignments. Rosenbaum is a member of Temple Israel.Area...
Compiled by Elise Krug, Editorial & Development Associate
• Published November 7, 2019
Allie Wielansky has joined the staff of The Missouri Valley Conference as the director of media & administration. In addition to serving as the primary communications liaison for cross country and track & field, she provides operations assistance...
Compiled by Elise Krug, Editorial & Development Associate
• Published September 6, 2019
Jessica Goldberg received the 2019 Jewish War Veterans – Charles Sandroff Scholarship. The scholarship is given each year by the Jewish War Veterans Post 644 to an outstanding high school graduate entering college. Jessica is the daughter of Nancy and...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published August 15, 2019
Among the nations of the world, the State of Israel, which turned 71 on May 14 (the fifth of Iyar), is both a relative newcomer and the successor to Jewish self-rule that goes back over 4,000 years. In 1948, when David Ben-Gurion was serving as the first prime...
BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 2, 2019
Many young professionals in St. Louis covet an invitation to what’s become known as Karen’s Party.Officially, the gatherings are called Meet New People Parties, but the popular extreme networkingdinner parties are closely associated with Karen Kalish....
While the availability of less expensive kosher cheese has been a boon to observant Jews, greater culinary sophistication in the Orthodox community is also having an effect on the dairy market, experts say. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
