The Sarajevo450 Project, a group that seeks to build new relationships among Muslims and Jews, is organizing a series of events from Aug. 18-22 centered on the two religions’ history in Bosnia and Herzegovina.The organization will host an evening of...
When the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center (HMLC) opened in 1995, archival holdings had already been accumulated and recorded. Survivors, veterans and other community members have been donating artifacts, documents and other memorabilia, creating a...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 11, 2016
Somber songs, solemn prayer and testimony from those who had seen the horrors of the Holocaust all marked the community’s annual commemoration of Yom Hashoah Thursday night at Congregation Shaare Emeth, which was attended by close to 700 people.In addition...
The Jewish community will have the chance to honor the memory of Sholem Aleichem during a special event at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 15 in the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center theater in the Jewish Federation building, 12 Millstone Campus Drive. Sholem Aleichem...
“Hell Before Their Very Eyes: American Soldiers Liberate Concentration Camps in Germany, April 1945” is the focus of a presentation and book signing with author John C. McManus, at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 6 at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center,...
The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center (HMLC) is seeking entries for the 2016 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 13th year that...
The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center (HMLC) is seeking entries for the 2016 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 13th year that...
HMLC screens St. Louis premier of ‘The Port of Last Resort’The first film in the 2016 Sandra and Mendel Rosenberg Sunday Afternoon Film Series will be “The Port of Last Resort,” screening at 1 p.m. Jan. 31 in the Holocaust Museum and Learning...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published December 30, 2015
Elisabeth (Liz) Newman Lippa, a Holocaust escapee and survivor who produced a documentary on St. Louis survivors, died Friday, Dec. 18, after a battle with cancer at age 77. An active volunteer with the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center of St. Louis...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published December 16, 2015
Naomi Mazur Silvermintz, longtime volunteer and life member of numerous local Jewish organizations, died Thursday, Dec. 10. She was 92 and a longtime resident of greater St. Louis.Mrs. Silvermintz was born in East St. Louis on Dec. 7, 1923, the daughter...
The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center will feature the exhibit, “An Odd and Improbable Tale: Jewish Refugees in Shanghai,” from Dec. 10 to March 6. A special opening program and reception will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, at the HMLC, located...
The exhibit “They Risked Their Lives—Poles Who Saved Jews During the Holocaust,” currently on view at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center (HMLC), will run through Sunday, Nov. 22. A special program and reception will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday,...
