Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published March 22, 2017
Never can say goodbyeSad but exciting news came last week from Rabbi Hyim Shafner, who has served Bais Abraham Congregation since 2004. In a letter to congregants, Shafner explained he would be leaving St. Louis this summer to become senior rabbi at Kesher...
The March film in the Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will be “Judgment in Hungary,” screening at 1 p.m. on March 26 in the Holocaust Museum’s theatre in Jewish Federation building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Filmmaker...
JSU will celebrate 14 years of inspiring Jewish teens at its Annual Gala on March 19 at the Clayton Plaza. JSU will honor Gloria Feldman and Marcy and Rick Cornfeld for their ongoing dedication and commitment to strengthen the Jewish identity and...
Wendy Lower will discuss “Hitler’s Furies: German Women in the Nazi Killing Fields” at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 16 at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Drawing from wartime documents, postwar trials, private letters,...
The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center (HMLC) is seeking entries for the 2017 Art and Writing Contest. The contest asks creative middle and high school students to express the difficult and inspiring lessons of the Holocaust. This is the 14th year that...
By Dale Singer, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 8, 2017
With four grandparents who survived the horrors of Nazi Germany, Rachel Berger is no stranger to the stories from the Holocaust.And when she came to Washington University from New York City, she was one of 13 students who took an intensive freshman class...
The Missouri Humanities Council has awarded a grant of $2,500 to the Jewish Federation of St. Louis in support of an upcoming exhibit, “Untold Sacrifices: The St. Louis Jewish Community in the Great War.” The exhibit will open in Fall 2017, honoring...
The next film in the Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series is “The Last Stage,” screening at 1 p.m. Nov. 27 in the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center’s theater, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. The film focuses on Martha Weiss,...
The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, Jennings School District and Wells Fargo Advisors will be recognized for their “transformational leadership” at the 2016 Journey to Justice benefit dinner on Thursday, Sept. 15 at Windows on Washington, 1601...
“The Christian Churches’ Complicity in the Holocaust” will be the focus of the third annual Marilyn (z’’l) and Arthur Gale Family Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15 at the Jewish Federation building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Robert Ericksen...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has announced the recipients of several awards to be presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 1 at Busch Stadium. Jean Cavender, Director of the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, will receive the Fred...
By Sarah Weinman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 17, 2016
The art of Bunny Burson and Roy Strassberg in the upcoming exhibition “Between the Lines” at Craft Alliance in the Delmar Loop appears very different on the surface but shares major themes. Burson, a local printmaker, and Strassberg, a ceramic artist,...
