Mother’s Day this year was nice-for the most part. I woke up to breakfast served by my husband. I received cards made by my kids. I spent the day at my Mom’s house. And to round out a pleasant day, I got my arm stuck in the freezer. Yes, that’s...
BOSTON -- There is a lot of hand-wringing these days about whether the rising costs of Jewish day schools are sustainable.The discussion has been about money, but this misses the point: The largest costs of day school tuition are not financial but moral,...
Congregation Shaare Emeth is holding its 14th annual Mitzvah Day on Sunday, May 6. Check-in begins at 8:30 a.m. followed by Mitzvah Day Kick off Ceremony at 9:15 a.m. Under a theme of “One Mitzvah Leads to Another,” participants will have the...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 11, 2012
St. Louis attorney Michael Wetmore recalls watching his mother Trudy Hochster Wetmore quietly blessing his son in a German train station before the latter's departure to see a friend in Paris. "She turned around and said ‘The last time I was in this...
This past summer, the Epworth Children & Family Services youth board was asked to create a community service project to benefit the homeless and runaway youth in the community. They called it Jeans for Teens. Youth board members spoke at various places...
BY JAKE WEISMAN & JULIANA WISHNE , SENIOR, LADUE HORTON WATKINS & SENIOR, PARKWAY WEST
• Published November 9, 2011
Vanessa Van Petten, author and youthologist, will be the keynote speaker at this year's Yom Limmud Day of Discovery for Teens on Sunday, Nov. 20, sponsored by the Central Agency for Jewish Education. The Jewish Light interviewed Van Petten recently about...
By Leanne Ortbals, Jewish Light Intern
• Published July 27, 2011
As eight-year-old Malina browsed the Back-to-School! Store on Sunday, she wasn't distracted by former Missouri Senator Jean Carnahan walking alongside. Malina's only focus was the racks of clothes, shoes and school supplies packed into Central Reform...
On May 16, Congregation Shaare Emeth will hold its 13th Annual Mitzvah Day. The day begins at 8 a.m. with check-in and breakfast at the Temple. After a kickoff ceremony at 8:30 a.m., about 500 participants will disperse throughout the building and the...
