By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 28, 2011
Looking out over a sea of people in garb ranging from hijabs to yarmulkes to baseball caps, enjoying laughter and conversation with one another over bagels and coffee on a holiday few in the room even celebrate, Batya Abramson-Goldstein couldn't help...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published December 21, 2011
The spa at the Jewish Community Center's Staenberg Family Complex is a haven, a quiet place to relax and unwind with a little help from the eight certified massage therapists there - and it's getting even better."We have a gorgeous facility with a range...
By Rabbi Brad Horwitz
• Published December 21, 2011
Hanukkah is often referred to as the Festival of Lights. We add one candle to the Hanukkah menorah each of the eight nights of Hanukkah to commemorate the miraculous victory of the Macabees as well as the miracle of the small cruse of oil that lasted...
Rick Recht will kick off a national PJ Library concert tour in St. Louis with a free concert for children at 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 19 at the Jewish Community Center's Staenberg Complex in the Carl & Helene Mirowitz Performing Arts Center, 2 Millstone...
After six months of R&R, PT, OT, ST and general misery from a fall June 13, which caused brain injury, I am finally back in the saddle. Well, not totally but with the help of a wheelchair, a walker and some wonderful assistance from aids, friends...
JProStl, the association dedicated to supporting professionals working at Jewish organizations in St. Louis, has announced the 2011 honorees from across the St. Louis Jewish community. They include Career Achievement: Peter Walker (Jewish Family &...
The Hazon Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) at the Jewish Community Center provides an opportunity to pre-purchase locally grown, fresh, organic produce from a farmer in your community. Purchase a "share" for the 2012 season, and pick up your vegetables...
The 15th annual Jewish College Fair for High School students and their families: "CHOICES Jewish College Fair-Looking at Colleges through Jewish Eyes." will be held Sunday, Dec. 11, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Fifty-eight colleges and universities will be represented...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT
• Published November 23, 2011
With Thanksgiving on everyone's mind these days, there is often just as much talk about the turkey itself as there is about the gathering together of family and friends. Every year, people seem to dwell on the notion that the big dinner makes us sleepy,...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 23, 2011
Singing for supper has long been an honored tradition in the performing arts-and now a local group plans to play and sing so that senior citizens may continue to have easy access to weekly religious services. For more than 10 years, residents of Covenant...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 9, 2011
Call it Swinegate.As of this writing, no one has been apprehended for prying the pig off the "Tikkun Olam Butterfly," a.k.a. the butterfly sculpture that welcomes visitors as they walk into the Jewish Community Center's Staenberg Family Complex.Artist...
Chabad's Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) will be partnering for the first time with the Jewish Community Center to present "Fascinating Facts: Exploring the Myths and Mysteries of Judaism," a newly developed six-session course commencing Monday, Nov....
