Jewish Federation of St. Louis has created a Community Response Fund, designed to raise funds to meet the unprecedented needs created by the COVID-19 outbreak.“Throughout our 119-year history, Federation has always stepped up to meet the challenges...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published March 26, 2020
Cheryl Maayan, the head of Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School, has in recent weeks learned the difference between two words: synchronous and asynchronous.“Synchronous learning is live-time when your class is with you; asynchronous learning is when...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The White House has come to an agreement with Democrats and Republicans on a $2 trillion stimulus package, the biggest in U.S. history, in response to the major economic downturn triggered by the coronavirus.The exact details won’t...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published March 25, 2020
Davis Brown wrote to his new pen pals about his school (Parkway Central Middle) as well as the sports and hobbies he enjoys (soccer, graphic design, chess, video games). He also asked if they liked to travel and about their favorite foods. And he mentioned...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published March 25, 2020
Lila Goldstein, an eighth grader at Ladue Middle School, loves to dance. Typically, she takes lessons five days a week at Dimensions Dance Studio in Olivette, not far from her home.But these are not typical times. With orders to stay home to help alleviate...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published March 25, 2020
After their two older sons were born, Rachel and Zack Deustch invited family, friends and members of the St. Louis Jewish community to celebrate with them at each child’s bris, the circumcision ceremony that takes place eight days after a boy’s birth....
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court will allow the country’s internal security agency to track the cellphones of Israelis who are infected with the coronavirus.On Tuesday, the court lifted an injunction against the practice approved last week...
BOSTON (JTA) — Harvard University president Lawrence Bacow and his wife Adele Fleet Bacow have tested positive for the coronavirus.Bacow, the third Jewish president of the Ivy League university, announced the news Tuesday in a letter to the school’s...
Editor’s Note: In an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus, many Jewish programs and events have been cancelled, postponed or rescheduled. The Jewish Light will continue to update this information on its website, www.stljewishlight.com. As of...
Listing below provided by the St. Louis Rabbinical and Cantorial Association, with additional information from congregations directly• Bais Abraham (Orthodox): Daily Tehillim, Halakha and Mishnah Monday through Friday at 7 a.m. Online at https://zoom.us/j/297962649...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published March 24, 2020
The board of directors at Bais Abraham Congregation could be mistaken for a COVID-19 response unit.Of the 19 people on the board of the modern Orthodox synagogue, four are physicians who specialize in infectious diseases. For those counting at home (which...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published March 24, 2020
Jane Weinhaus, 63, a beloved teacher at Temple Israel’s Deutsch Early Childhood Center, remains hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Missouri Baptist Hospital, where she has been since March 15. On Sunday, when the Jewish Light first reported...
