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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Local News Briefs: October 19, 2016

Published October 19, 2016

Three-week teen trip to IsraelJewish Federation of St. Louis is accepting applications for Israel Bound 2017, a three-week trip to Israel bringing together Jewish high school students from around the community. Participants will have the opportunity to...

Covenant Place resident Rosy Weinstein (left) stands with a painting she created and donated to the Jewish Center for Aged many years ago.  The painting, which Weinstein had not seen since the 1980s, was part of the JCA’s collection of artwork  donated to Covenant Place. Joan Denison, executive director of Covenant Place, is shown at right. Photo: Joan Denison

Artist’s work comes home to Covenant Place

By Margaret Gillerman, Special to the Jewish LightPublished August 24, 2016

Every day after leaving the dress shop where she worked, Rosy Weinstein visited her mother, Sarah, at the Jewish Center for Aged and often would volunteer to help other patients.Weinstein, a talented artist, also donated some of her paintings to JCA,...

Cedars will have new owner

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish LightPublished July 28, 2010

As part of an agreement between its mortgage holder and its not-for-profit board, the century-old Cedars at the JCA is set to transition to new ownership at the beginning of the month. "Some people may not say it but I feel we've done the best we could...

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