By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published June 27, 2012
Since the beginning of the month, the Jewish Light’s “Can We Talk?” quarterly series has focused on mental illness and developmental disabilities in the local Jewish community. In addition to weekly stories, the Light, in collaboration with the...
In 1961, several days after I had my first child, an acquaintance also delivered a baby boy. Soon after, she received a visit from her doctor telling her that the baby was a “mongoloid.” The doctor’s best advice was to put the baby in an institution,...
Rainbow Village is a very special organization to Samantha and her family. Co-founded in 1967 by her late great-aunt Marlene (Jebe) Kopman, Samantha, daughter of Joanne and Jeff Mishkin of University City, chose to support it for her mitzvah project....
Max Baron United Hebrew Congregation Max's Aunt Cory has developmental disabilities and has greatly benefited from the services provided by the St. Louis Arc, a non-profit, United Way agency. Following in his grandparents' and father's footsteps, Max...
