With guidance from Gateway Greening of St. Louis, a nonprofit organization that aids over 200 community gardens, Congregation Shaare Emeth has planted and harvested eight raised beds in its Mitzvah Garden. Families have volunteered to water the garden...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 25, 2012
Despite the worst drought in decades, those gardeners who water their plants are apt to be rewarded with a bountiful harvest.And, as the gardeners who are tending the Garden of Eden plots north of the Jewish Community Center buildings in Creve Coeur have...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 23, 2011
We've gotten a little jiggy at the Jewish Light this week, talking about Thanksgiving and how it's a favorite holiday for many of us. In today's editorial, the boss calls it a holiday of faith, family and friends. I agree, though I'd add another "f" to...
By SUSAN FADEM, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published September 28, 2011
You can't say no, the caller beseeched, in a mock-threatening tone best reserved for dear friends. "I've already volunteered your services," the message continued. Fortunately for umpteen thousands, Ellen Dubinsky said yes. Her golfing buddy and fellow...
