By Renee Ghert-Zand, JTA
• Published June 18, 2020
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, 15-year-old Samantha Renzulli immediately thought about how it would affect her elderly friends at Jewish Senior Services, a long-term care facility in Bridgeport, Conn.Renzulli had met some of the residents through Better...
BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published January 19, 2020
A few months ago, Michelle Goldstein and her husband were preparing for a trip to Portugal. They planned a lot of walking, knowing they’d encounter countless stairs. There was just one problem: Michelle’s knee began hurting weeks before the trip.“I...
The Marcus Foundation has awarded a $3.2 million grant to Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) for supporting mental health across the spectrum of Jewish camps in North America. Funding will be awarded to approximately 60 camps over four years in an effort...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 17, 2019
As a well-respected physician, innovative medical school professor and award-winning researcher in the mechanisms of insulin secretion, Stanley Misler has had quite a career in the sciences. But since a 2015 retirement from his work as a nephrologist...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 25, 2019
For Beth Koritz, it came on very suddenly. “I went from being fine to being lifted out of the car by a security guard at the hospital within 48 hours. That was my wake up call,” said the native St. Louisan, now 56. “The first words out of my mouth...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 25, 2019
Vicki Atlas Israel wants parents and children to know they have the power to stress less. “I call it your inner power, your superpower,” the Congregation Shaare Emeth congregant said. “That can help us with making decisions. That can help us just...
BY DAVID LAUGHER, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published March 21, 2019
Rabbi Jessica Shafrin would like to start a conversation even if she knows that the topic of death isn’t one people are always eager to broach. “People don’t like to think about their life ending,” said Shafrin, 33. “Maybe they don’t want...
BY DAVID BAUGHER, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published October 19, 2018
Rabbi James Stone Goodman came to town soon after graduation from Hebrew Union College. “I was ordained in 1981,” said Goodman, 69, a Detroit native. “This was my first stop.”It has been a long one. Beginning at Congregation Shaare Emeth and...
BY DAVID BAUGHER, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 17, 2018
When 15-year-old Micah Schwartz plays board games with his grandmother Dorothy, he doesn’t mind if they have to adapt the rules a bit. The important thing is that they are getting to spend time together.“I always felt a real connection with her because...
By Patricia Corrigan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 22, 2017
Growing up in Jefferson City, Ashley Stockman remembers serving as a support person for her grandmother, who had multiple sclerosis. “I walked to her house every day after school, and I spent summers with her,” Stockman said. “Jerry” Branson Baker...
By Patricia Corrigan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 18, 2017
If you missed the local TV interview Dr. Jonas Cooper did in February, you missed learning about his complex medical specialty, you missed seeing him explain the anatomy of a heart using a plastic model and you missed watching him solve a Rubik’s Cube...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published February 15, 2017
More than 5.4 million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease, and that number may nearly triple by 2050, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Alzheimer’s is now the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States, and about one in three...
