It seems as though every Monday and Thursday someone is writing an article or a book in an attempt to answer the question, “Why be Jewish?” This speaks to the pressure to assimilate, on the one hand, and the desire to preserve Judaism and the Jewish...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published April 11, 2019
A sweet 16Hazzan Sharon Nathanson is expected to sign a lifetime contract with Congregation B’nai Amoona during its annual meeting at 10 a.m. Sunday, April 14. Nathanson, 44, has served B’nai Amoona as its hazzan for 16 years, though she grew up at...
Congregation B’nai Amoona’s annual Lynn Myers Memorial Mitzvah Day drew more than 250 participants on Jan. 20 to participate in a dozen mitzvah projects. The annual event honors the memory of Lynn Myers and recognizes one congregation member who embodies...
BY RABBI ORRIN KRUBLIT
• Published October 11, 2017
For many of us, beginnings can be simultaneously exciting and challenging. There are many “new starts” that we face throughout our lives: new schools, new years, new careers, new family members and more. Some people may approach these opportunities...
By Eric Berger, Staff writer
• Published July 6, 2017
Local Conservative and Reform congregations will be getting a little extra help from Israel later this summer. Two Israelis who recently graduated from high school will be delaying their mandatory military service for a year to volunteer at Congregation...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published June 8, 2017
Rabbi Josef Davidson is more Jose Oquendo than Michael Jordan.Even though Davidson, like Jordan, came out of retirement, to become an assistant rabbi at Congregation B’nai Amoona, he says he did not do so to be the rabbi, but rather to serve as a “utility...
BY ETHAN FINE, FRESHMAN, EUREKA HIGH SCHOOL
• Published May 11, 2017
Randy and Jason Sklar were born and raised in St. Louis; each celebrated his bar mitzvah at Congregation B’nai Amoona. Now, the twin comedy duo live in Los Angeles, years and miles away from where and when they first started performing. “The first...
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...
“Survivors and Witnesses in Our Community” will be the focus of the annual Yom HaShoah commemoration at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 23 at Congregation B’nai Amoona, 324 S. Mason Road. The Holocaust Remembrance Day event will feature eyewitness accounts...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published April 6, 2017
Harold Shapiro, a past president of the Jewish Family & Children’s Service and a longtime lay leader at Congregation B’nai Amoona, died March 23. He had been suffering complications from Parkinson’s disease in recent months, a family member...
Kidney transplant awarenessCongregation B’nai Amoona is hosting an informational session about kidney diseases and live kidney transplants at 2:30 p.m. March 19. The meeting is inspired, in part, by B’nai Amoona’s former cantor, Leon Lissek, who...
Gerard Edery, an expert in the wide-ranging music of the Sephardic Diaspora, will serve as artist-in-residence during the JEWbilation Celebration Weekend Feb. 24 to 26 at Congregation B’nai Amoona.The weekend of events will culminate in a free concert...
