Teens are invited to help support the IDF Lone Soldier program during a program from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8 at the Jewish Community Center's Marilyn Fox Building in Chesterfield.Israel Defense Forces Lieutenant Colonel Tzvia Levy will speak...
By Rabbi Brad Horwitz
• Published September 28, 2011
During this season of the Jewish High Holidays, it is our responsibility to do tshuvah (repentance). Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur there are ten days called Aseret Yemei Tshuvah or the Ten Days of Repentance. It is this time when we focus on our...
We reported several weeks ago about a proposed merger between two Jewish day schools in St. Louis, the Reform Jewish Academy-Saul Mirowitz Day School (RJA) and the Solomon Schechter Day School (SSDS). After an exhaustive and exhausting process of engagement...
By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 7, 2011
In an effort to expand and grow young audiences, the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival is launching a new Jewish Family Film Festival this month with selected features geared toward children in different age groups. Organizers are hoping the festival on...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published August 31, 2011
"In Greek and Roman mythology the goddess of wisdom, Pallas Athena or Minerva, was symbolized by an owl. The creature's keen ability to see through darkness, obscurity and symbolic ignorance, made it synonymous with education and intellect."The above...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published August 24, 2011
Mark your calendars to visit Washington University between October 18 and 22 when a city of sukkahs take over the campus. You can even vote for your favorite. Better yet, you might want to build one yourself and take part in "Sukkah City STL," a St. Louis-based...
By Dan Klein, JTA, NEW YORK
• Published August 17, 2011
A generational changing of the guard throughout North America's largest Jewish charitable network is opening the door to new chief executives increasingly open to experimenting with changes to the century-old funding model favored by local federations.In...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published August 10, 2011
Actor, director, producer and book author Alan Arkin will serve as the keynote speaker for the 2011 Jewish Book Festival, which will run Nov. 6 through 16. For its 33rd season, the festival will feature authors, activists, scholars and comedians from...
BeneFitness, an all-day fitness event to promote good health while raising money for charities, will takes place on Sunday, Aug. 14 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center (JCC) Staenberg Family Complex in Creve Coeur. It's open to the entire...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published July 27, 2011
Stories from Rachel Goldman Miller's life - a life filled with much loss but also much love - are coming to a movie theater and a stage here next month. Miller, a native of France born to Polish parents, lost 93 family members in the Holocaust. She lost...
Nominations are now being accepted for Jewish Federation's 2011 David N. and Roselin Grosberg Young Leadership Award. The annual award recognizes key players in the Jewish community under 40 years of age. These pioneering leaders must be active in Jewish...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS
• Published July 20, 2011
Rabbi Elazar Grunberger and his wife, Brocha Krakow Grunberger, were honored for their 26 years of service to Aish HaTorah of St. Louis and the U. City Shul, at a tribute dinner last Thursday, July 14, attended by 250 people at the Arts & Education...
