The History Clubhouse at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park
When/Where? One-hour play sessions at 10 and 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 and 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays each week throughout the summer
Virtual/In-Person? In-person. All visitors ages...
BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published February 19, 2021
We know you’re probably bummed that there aren’t the usual big, indoor Purim carnivals happening this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But that doesn’t mean you can’t spin a grogger, eat some hamantaschen and watch some of the funniest Jewish...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 16, 2020
The Jewish Light is planning a series of special events this year, beginning on Thursday, Feb. 20 with a luncheon at Westwood Country Club called “The Events Event: 20/20 Vision for Life’s Celebrations.” More than 20 tables will be beautifully designed...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in Chief Emeritus
• Published October 31, 2019
It is hard to get your arms around the fact that it has been a half-century since the 1969 New York Mets evolved from the “Lovable Losers” of Major League Baseball to the “Miracle Mets” who defied all odds to win the World Series of that year....
By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 31, 2019
Readers eagerly wait for it all year. The 41st annual St. Louis Book Festival takes place Nov. 3-17 at the Jewish Community Center’s Staenberg Family Complex. The festival is one of the nation’s largest, with 25 events in 12 days.This year the opening...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 31, 2019
Simply stated, Yousef Bashir’s memoir “The Words of My Father: Love and Pain in Palestine” is worth reading because the attitude of this Palestinian from an old, established Gaza family is not what we might expect, given his experiences during...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published March 28, 2019
April 4 event at .ZACK highlights stories of 20- and 30-something Jews in St. LouisThere’s no one way to be Jewish in 2019 America. At least that’s one of the themes the Jewish Light discovered when it embarked on its “Why Be Jewish?” video...
Central Reform Congregation is partnering with other St. Louis-area faith congregations to plan a Quilt Blitz to benefit The Covering House, a nonprofit organization that plans to open the first home in the area for girls under the age of 18 who have...
BY SUSAN FADEM, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 6, 2011
Though challenged by cancer, Rebbetzin Paula Rivkin continued to reach out during the final years of her life, brainstorming ways to enrich the lives of others. One of her newer friends during those years, Nancy Lieberman, is an athlete. Rebbitzin Rivkin,...
