ELLEN FUTTERMAN, Editor-in-Chief
• Published November 10, 2022
Over the summer, Gracie May, a junior at Lindenwood University and a member of United Hebrew Congregation, went on Birthright trip with about 30 others college students. It was the second time she had been to Israel. The first also was a trip with her...
ELLEN FUTTERMAN, Editor-in-Chief
• Published October 27, 2022
Chances are, if your parent is a rabbi you will have visited Israel at least once before age 16. Lila Goldstein, whose mother is Rabbi Andrea Goldstein of Congregation Shaare Emeth, had been to Israel twice (once when she was 5, and once in middle school)...
ELLEN FUTTERMAN, Editor-in-Chief
• Published October 7, 2022
Celia Weingart, 17, a senior at Parkway North High School, visited Israel for the first time this summer as part of NCSY, through its four-week The Jewish Journey program. The group of 50 she went with were mainly Midwesterners, coming primarily from...
I never pray during silent prayer.
At age 6 or 7, while sitting beside my parents in a sanctuary full of worshippers bowing their heads and swaying back and forth, I convinced myself that too many people were talking to G-d at once. I reserved my prayers...
BY ELLEN FUTTERMAN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
• Published September 22, 2022
After graduating from the University of Alabama in May and before starting a finance job with Lockheed Martin this month, Ryan Hearst went on a Birthright trip through his university’s Hillel chapter to Israel. It was the first time the 22-year-old...
ELLEN FUTTERMAN, Editor-in-Chief
• Published August 31, 2022
It didn’t take Zoe Klevens very long to return to Israel after getting back from her first trip there this summer. In fairness, the Parkway Central High School junior had already decided in advance of her summer trip to spend the fall, or more specifically...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published August 17, 2022
Brady Meyerson went to Israel this summer on Jewish Federation of St. Louis’ Israel Bound trip, which ran from June 13-July 4. He joined roughly 60 other teens who also were on the three-week trip; for many, like Brady, it was their first time visiting...
Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published August 10, 2022
What about your Israel trip still resonates the most? Did visiting the Jewish state change your connection to Judaism? How did the actual trip compare to your expectations?
The above questions are just a few the Jewish Light asked a number of St. Louis...
