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St. Louis Jewish Light

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St. Louis Jewish Light

Letters to the editor: October 16, 2019

Letters to the editor: October 16, 2019

Published October 17, 2019

Residents of Covenant Place extend thanksIt is with great pleasure and gratitude the Russian community of Covenant Place wants to thank Joan Denison, Covenant Place’s executive director, and many people involved in the moving residents from Building...

Mirowitz Center at Covenant Place opening with free week of classes

Mirowitz Center at Covenant Place opening with free week of classes

Published August 30, 2019

Covenant Place’s new Mirowitz Center will celebrate its opening the week of Sept. 9 by offering the community free trial classes.The following are recurring programs. For more information or to register, visit http://bit.ly/Mirowitz-Center-form (click...

NCJW to lead Advocacy 101 class at Mirowitz Center

NCJW to lead Advocacy 101 class at Mirowitz Center

Published August 28, 2019

NCJW’s “Advocacy 101” class is a new addition to the Mirowitz Center programming lineup.  Class participants will learn ways to advocate to their legislators on issues of importance. Classes take place once a month for five months, beginning in...

Covenant Place II Cahn Building Ribbon Cutting

Staenberg Family Foundation funds matching challenge grant for Covenant’s Mirowitz Center

Published June 30, 2019

Michael and Carol Staenberg and the Staenberg Family Foundation, are funding $50,000 for a one-to-one matching challenge grant to raise funds that will support programs, resources and services offered at Covenant Place’s new Mirowitz Center, opening...

Covenant Place II Cahn Building Ribbon Cutting

Covenant Place II Cahn Building Dedication

Published June 30, 2019

On June 21, Covenant Place held a ribbon-cutting event marking the completion of the Covenant II Cahn Family Building. The building, named for donors Paul and Elissa Cahn, was constructed as part of the $34 million second phase of Covenant Place’s...

Later this month, residents from Covenant Place’s  old Covenant II building will move into the new Cahn Family Building. Photo: Eric Berger

Fulfilling the Covenant

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished June 20, 2019

“Honor your father and your mother, that you may long endure on the land that the Lord your God is assigning to you.” —Exodus 20:12With the completion of the new Cahn Family Building of Covenant Place, the Jewish community of St. Louis has taken...

Covenant Place plans to have residents move into the new Cahn Family Building later this month. The building, named for Paul and Elissa Cahn, replaces the current Covenant II Building. The building’s first floor will house the Mirowitz Center (named for donor Helene Mirowitz). Photo: Eric Berger

Move-in day approaching at Covenant Place

By Eric Berger, Associate EditorPublished June 13, 2019

Joan Meres already likes living at Covenant Place.At 89 years old, she has been in charge of the senior residence’s bingo game for the past few months. She still drives. She attends Friday night Shabbat services at Covenant each week. Meres has lived...

Takisha Lovelace is the practice manager of the Washington University Geriatric Primary Care and Weight Management Clinic, which recently opened at Covenant Place. Two Washington University physicians and a nurse practitioner see patients out of a space in the CHAI Apartments building.  

Medical clinic at Covenant Place is just the beginning

David Baugher, Special to the Jewish LightPublished January 17, 2019

A new health facility is up and running to provide services to residents of Covenant Place as well as to older adults in the surrounding neighborhood.“Things are going really well,” said Joan Denison, executive director of the senior housing complex...

Steve Gorin and Covenant Place Executive Director Joan Denison look at plans for Covenant’s new building project.

Steve Gorin: Legal, financial background helps nonprofits thrive

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish LightPublished May 24, 2018

Being president of the board at Covenant Place during the biggest decision in its history was a tough job but Steve Gorin is quick to credit others for the accomplishment. “We had the right executive director in place,” recalls Gorin, 55, as...

Covenant Place receives regional business grant

Published November 8, 2017

Covenant Place is one of 19 local organizations receiving a 2017-2018 “It’s Our Region” (IOR) grant from the St. Louis Regional Business Council (RBC). The 19 organizations received “Small Change, Big Impact” capital improvement grants, which...

Clockwise from top left: Stewart James “Jim” Deutsch, Richard Alport, Paul R. Cahn, Sharon Greenstein Gorman and Brian J. Newman.

Covenant Place announces new board president

Published June 22, 2017

Covenant Place has installed Stewart James “Jim” Deutsch as board president. The announcement was made at the Covenant Place board’s May meeting. Deutsch is President and CEO at Smith, Moore and Co. and is a financial services executive with more...

The 2017 Covenant Place Senior Prom will take place Sunday, Feb. 12. Pictured above is a file photo from 2014. 

YPD, Covenant Place plan ‘Senior Prom’

Published January 26, 2017

The Young Professionals Division (YPD) of Jewish Federation of St. Louis is sponsoring the fifth annual Covenant Place Senior Prom from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12 at the Milford & Lee Bohm Social Hall on the lower level of Covenant Place II, 8...

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