ELLEN FUTTERMAN, Editor-in-Chief
• Published February 23, 2022
They say necessity is the mother of invention. Boy, was that ever the case for St. Louis native Sarah Hirsch Maddali.
After she and her husband had two children, now ages 3 and 6, Maddali grew frustrated that she couldn’t find age-appropriate...
BILL MOTCHAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 20, 2022
Dean Robbins fondly remembers growing up in St. Louis and playing softball at the Jewish Community Center. When he was rounding the bases, “I was thinking about Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, Lou Brock and all the great Cardinal stars in the late ’60s.”
He...
ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published January 27, 2022
In 1998, native St. Louisan Leah Elbaum Hakimian and her husband, Yusef, left St. Louis for Israel, where they made aliyah and settled in Jerusalem. They had been living in Clayton and raising four daughters. The family was a member of B’rith Sholom...
BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published March 2, 2021
Dr. Morris Hartstein has not only provided eye care for people in his former home (St. Louis) or his current home (Israel) but has also made 10 trips to Ethiopia, where he has treated residents who otherwise cannot afford care, trained Ethiopian ophthalmologists...
BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published February 2, 2021
When Mitch Morgan was growing up in the Brentwood School District, he was one of two Jews.The other was his younger brother, Sean. “Kids would ask us if we were ‘Hanukkah,’” Morgan recalls and laughs.He met his first Jewish friend at the Jewish...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published December 30, 2020
If there ever was any doubt about the lasting impact a teacher can have on a student’s life, meet John R. Green. Today, the 53-year-old native St. Louisan is a 25-year veteran of ABC News in New York, where he currently serves as executive producer...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published November 20, 2020
Jacob Siwak grew up in Clayton attending Central Reform Congregation. He graduated from John Burroughs School and Washington University, having majored in film. He initially moved to New York to work for producer Scott Rudin (“No Country for Old Men,”...
Truth, immigration, loveIn any given week, numerous email pitches come my way, but here’s one from last week I couldn’t resist:Hello! I’m a St. Louis native, Solomon Schechter graduate and B’nai Amoona member. I’m based in Los Angeles, but I’m...
By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 26, 2018
Some 45 attendees streamed into Jerusalem from across the country for the event July 5, making treks from Rehovot, in the central part of the country; Beit Shemesh, a suburb about 45 minutes outside Jerusalem, and the Samarian communities of Neve Tzuf...
