For the first time, an evening of Jewish joke telling and comedy will be held to crown the best joke-teller in St. Louis. “Purim Night Live” will take place at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 16 at the Jewish Community Center’s Staenberg Family Complex, 2...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published June 13, 2012
Irwin B. “Hefty” Hoffman, retired former president and co-owner of the Gale-Sobel clothing manufacturing firm and former chairman of the Jewish Federation Annual Campaign in the 1970s, died Thursday, June 7, 2012. He was 94 and had been a resident...
Free electronics recycling by MERS Goodwill and an American Red Cross Blood Drive will be two of the highlights of Congregation Temple Israel’s Mega Mitzvah Day on Sunday, May 6. The community is invited to participate in a variety of indoor and...
By Lois Caplan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 4, 2012
THE PULITZER Foundation for the arts is a major jewel in our cultural crown. On Thursday (April 5) in celebration of its 10th anniversary, the public is invited to a preview, nearly 50 works from the art collection of Emily and Joseph Pulitzer, including...
The community is invited to join Congregation Temple Israel in commemorating its 125th anniversary at an “Honoring Our Past Shabbat” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 20 in the Gall Family Sanctuary. A festive oneg will follow the service. Anyone with...
The fourth annual community-wide Shabbat St. Louis worship service will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 7 at Congregation Shaare Emeth, 11645 Ladue Road in Creve Coeur. This year’s service will include the festival liturgy for the...
"The Debt" and "Three Mothers" will headline Congregation Temple Israel's fifth annual Israeli Film Festival on Sunday, March 11. "The Debt" will open the festival at 3 p.m., followed by a panel discussion of the film. Complimentary Israeli refreshments...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published February 15, 2012
For almost eight years, the St. Louis Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) has supported healthy aging of older adults living in a three-mile area primarily in unincorporated St. Louis County. Manager Karen Berry-Elbert says the agency aims...
Jan Nykin, M.Ed., LCSW, a psychotherapist in private practice who also has para-rabbinic certification, is leading two groups which meet monthly at Temple Israel. Both groups are open to the community:• Life in Transition meets from 6:30 to 8 p.m. on...
