By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published July 2, 2020
No question that at six months into the year it’s been a trying one, and everyone could use a boost. Frankly, we don’t think there has ever been a time when we have needed the reassurance and reminder that there are true heroes within our midst more...
By Gerry Greiman & Andrew Rehfeld
• Published August 2, 2018
Our mission at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis is clear: mobilize the Jewish community and its resources to preserve and enhance Jewish life in St. Louis, in Israel and around the world. Executing that mission can be more complicated.We support nearly...
Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published October 18, 2017
In 1995, Gail Lipe called a member of Temple Israel in Alton and told her she was interested in joining. Lipe said she wanted her two daughters to attend Sunday school. “The first thing she said was, ‘What class do you want to teach?’” recalls...
Should we just throw in the towel and abandon our aspirations for achieving Jewish unity? It seems like such an unrealistic, unattainable, pie-in-the-sky goal. Wishful thinking. We Jews are just not in the habit of agreeing with each other about much...
Shira Kraft will become the director of Nishmah: The St. Louis Jewish Women’s Project beginning mid-September. A member of Kol Rinah, she was the J’s Jewish Arts & Soul Project coordinator. Seven year old, Yosef (Joey) Granillo, a 4th grader...
BY JESSICA GOLDBERG, SENIOR, JOHN BURROUGHS High SCHOOL
• Published May 11, 2017
Serving as Co-Editor-in-Chief of Ohr Chadash this year and as a staff writer for the three years prior has been an honor and a privilege. My experiences writing stories about the exceptional teenagers in our Jewish community who are effectuating positive...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has planned a mission trip to Israel for Jewish community members and their spouses or partners who identify as an interfaith couple. The trip is designed to engage couples with Israel and understand the importance of the...
The Jewish Light’s recent redesign includes the new Spotlight photos page (on page 23), supported by the Staenberg Family Foundation. Spotlight will include a full page of color photos from Jewish community events. If your Jewish organzation, school...
BY ERIC BERGER, STAFF WRITER
• Published March 15, 2017
Andrew Rehfeld, president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, did not initially publicly thank the Muslim organization that raised funds to help repair a local Jewish cemetery because he and others had not yet been able to verify that the campaign...
By Margaret Gillerman, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 15, 2017
“Happy are we! How goodly is our portion, and how pleasant is our lot, and how beautiful our heritage!” — Translation of the Shabbat Ashrei song As the dusk settles into darkness and the temperature drops on a recent winter night, about 25 people...
The Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library will present the the Annual Morris and Ann Lazaroff Lecture: L’Oud and the Abstract Truth featuring Rabbi James Stone Goodman and Rabbi Zach Fredman, the Epichorus. The afternoon of unique music and storytelling,...
Last week an estimated 2,500 individuals gathered to show the world that St. Louis would not tolerate senseless acts of violence, particularly those aimed at minorities. The desecration of Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery was a signal event for our community...
