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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

Conservatives’ umbrella group alters bylaws

JTA • Published March 19, 2012

NEW YORK -- The Conservative movement's synagogue umbrella group approved new bylaws aimed at improving its governance. The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism adopted new bylaws Sunday that will reduce the size of its board of directors and place...

Rick Kodner (left), immediate past president of BSKI and his brother, Gary Kodner, immediate past president of Shaare Zedek.

BSKI and Shaare Zedek resume merger talks

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light • Published March 7, 2012

More than a year after stalling with no apparent resolution, merger talks between Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel and Shaare Zedek Synagogue appear to have reignited last week. “I don’t have a crystal ball and can’t predict anything,” said Susan Cort,...

Schwarz to lead interfaith tour of Indonesia, Israel Jordan

JTA • Published February 17, 2012

WASHINGTON -- A group of U.S. Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith leaders will take a six-city tour of Indonesia, Jordan and Israel to discuss the role of religion in advancing peace. The trip, which will include 12 religious leaders from the United States...

Mei Lin Kellman celebrates her bat mitzvah in Jakarta, Indonesia, Feb. 4, 2012.

A deaf Indonesian 12-year-old is not your typical bat mitzvah

By Jessica Leader, JTA • Published February 7, 2012

NEW YORK -- This wasn’t your typical bat mitzvah. It took place in Jakarta, Indonesia, a majority Muslim country with an Jewish community that is thought to number in the double digits. The bat mitzvah, Mei Lin Kallman, spent part of her Hebrew school...

Ukraine to get first Conservative rabbi

JTA • Published January 29, 2012

JERUSALEM—The first Conservative rabbi to serve in the Ukraine will be ordained this week. Reuven Stamov, 38, a native of the Crimea, Ukraine, on Feb. 3 will be the 82nd rabbi to be ordained by the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary. Following his ordination,...

Letters to the Editor, week of Nov. 9, 2011

Published November 9, 2011

Merged day school's policy on kashrutA Nov. 2 letter to the editor asserts that the new Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School has no kashrut policy. We would like to correct this misperception and explain our approach to the merger process.When a Reform...

Kindergarten parents surround their children and reflect on the milestone they are about to embark on at SMDS-RJA during their Simchat Gan.Photo: Yana Hotter

RJA, Schechter take first step towards potential merger

BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR © ST. LOUIS JEWISH LIGHT, 2011. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. • Published September 6, 2011

Hoping to bolster Jewish day school education in St. Louis, Solomon Schechter Day School of St. Louis (SSDS) and the Saul Mirowitz Day School- Reform Jewish Academy (RJA) have tentatively agreed to merge in the 2012-2013 school year, the Jewish Light...

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