Eric Berger, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published June 1, 2022
Mara Cohen Ioannides, an English professor at Missouri State University, once lived in New York where, she said, “If you want something, you ask for it.” So Cohen Ioannides did not understand when the editor of OzarksWatch magazine approached her...
Since 1979, Vida “Sister” Goldman Prince has been Chairman of the Oral Histories Project, at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. The project is dedicated to recording and preserving audio interviews of not only Holocaust Survivors,...
Edward B. Westermann, Regents Professor of History, Texas A&M-San Antonio
• Published April 6, 2021
In December 1943, a 20-year-old named Ruth Elias arrived in a cattle car at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. She was assigned to Block 6 in the family camp, a barracks that housed young women and the camp’s male orchestra, an ensemble...
President of the World Jewish Congress Ronald Lauder addresses the offical ceremony at the former German Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau during events to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation in Oswiecim, Poland, on January 27,...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published August 29, 2019
Walking in the footsteps of civil rights historyCaleb Arnow, a seventh-grader at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School, said he enjoyed going to all of the museums he and the other middle-schoolers visited last week on a five-day social justice trip,...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 11, 2017
The past is meeting the future at the St. Louis Jewish Light, where, for the time in its history, the paper’s full archives will be available online, with fully searchable pages and stories.“Anything that appeared in the paper is there and it appears...
By Rabbi Roxanne J.S. Shapiro
• Published April 25, 2012
The double portion Tazria-Metzora is abundant with everything we need to know about dealing with skin diseases and bodily infections. Offering us more than a search on the Internet, we are taught not only the signs of these diseases, but how we should...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT
• Published February 23, 2012
"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." —Franklin Roosevelt As I read this, I can’t help but think about what our great president had in mind when he spoke these words. Surely they can be applicable to a multitude...
Before leaving for Israel, I didn't fully understand the deep connection and love people have for it. I had learned a lot about Israel throughout my Jewish education, but I never felt a personal connection with the country or its people. Although I was...
ROME – Police are charging a 41-year-old man in the destruction of a downtown Rome Holocaust memorial installation. Italian media said the man, who was not identified by name, has been charged with theft for allegedly removing three memorial “stumbling...
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...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 16, 2011
Talking Turkey There's never a shortage of mitzvot opportunities in the St. Louis Jewish community, but perhaps no time of year are these opportunities as bountiful-or as greatly needed-at Thanksgiving. The Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry (HKJFP) recently...
