In moving to change the name of Beirne Park to the H. Philip Venable Memorial Park, Creve Coeur is taking a long overdue step to erase a blatantly racist stain on that city’s history.As reported by Jewish Light Associate Editor Eric Berger, the new...
Jessica Lauren Berg and Scott Michael Schatz were married July 18, 2015 at The Fox Theatre in a traditional Jewish ceremony officiated by Rabbi Deana Sussman. Jessica is the daughter of Robert and Sherri Berg of Creve Coeur and the granddaughter of...
The 2012 Big Jewish Community Read — a series of community literary events on a particular book, including a visit by the author for the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival — will focus on Nathan Englander’s new, bestselling collection of short stories,...
One thing is clear: The Missouri State legislature is not doing enough to protect the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. The misguided HB 2051 “Don’t Say Gay” bill recently introduced in the Missouri House of Representatives...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 9, 2012
The Jewish delicatessen business may burn out dedicated managers, but the new owner of Pumpernickle’s Delicatessen asserts he will not be bowed by demanding patrons, a tough economy and employee problems. “People tell me, ‘You’re going to have...
National Council of Jewish Women-St. Louis Section will begin a new session of the Wife-Widow-Woman support group for recently widowed women on May 16. The group aims to bridge the gap between grief and growth reducing the sense of isolation experienced...
Chabad of Greater St. Louis and the Jewish Learning Institute are offering The Art of Marriage series in partnership with the JCC. The series is geared for all individuals, regardless of marital status and will meet for six consecutive Sunday mornings,...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 18, 2012
Last Sunday, the Roth family of Creve Coeur lost their home and all of their possessions in an early morning fire. Luckily, none of the family-parents Jane and Boaz and daughters Liat, 12; Sela, 8, and Orli, 1-were hurt in the three-alarm blaze that gutted...
Viola Harvey Nance, wife of Rev. Earl E. Nance, Jr., will accept an interfaith award honoring her husband given by Temple Israel Friday, Jan 13. Unfortunately, Rev. Nance, pastor of Greater Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, is continuing to recuperate...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 9, 2011
The duties of those in the military sometimes require secret missions but as Army Major Monroe Ginsburg and a rabbi friend of his snuck palm leaves back from the desert taking care to avoid notice by the national religious police, the mission seemed a...
