BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published May 16, 2012
Participation in the 33rd Annual St. Louis Senior Olympics spans the generations from the Baby Boomers to the Greatest Generation, ranging from hordes of 50-year-olds who finally reached the qualifying age to pairings of parents and their grown children...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT
• Published May 10, 2012
When our daughters were younger, we had a family ritual at our dinner table. Each of us would take a turn sharing the best part and the worst part of our day. While these highlights ran the gamut from the dramatic to the mundane, it was a way of bonding...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 2, 2012
In a crowded booth festooned with Israeli flags and strewn with backpacks, basketballs and power tools, Shani Attia is happy to share her one unmistakable impression of the United States. “It’s huge!” she said. “Everything is so huge and new to...
“Jacob and Jack,” the final production of the New Jewish Theatre’s 2011-2012 season, combines elements of contemporary and Yiddish theater in a classic marital farce complicated by dual role-playing. It will be presented from May 3-20 in the Wool...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 25, 2012
The photos are both simple and stark. There is a Klezmer duo in Buenos Aires, a circumcision in Uzbekistan, a musician at a New York soup kitchen. Set in crisp black-and-white, dozens of scenes captured by Israeli native Zion Ozeri reveal an evocative...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published April 4, 2012
Dorothy Solomon, for many years an admired “super-saleswoman” of the St. Louis Jewish Light, died “peacefully,” according to family members, on Friday, March 30, at Menorah Medical Center in Kansas City. She was 90 and had lived in Kansas City,...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 4, 2012
A whopping 1,889 pounds of fat have gone missing as a result of the second annual “Lighten Up Weight Loss Challenge,” an eight-week program sponsored by the St. Louis Jewish Light and the Jewish Community Center – and one family’s pride, enthusiasm...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published April 4, 2012
As a small, non-profit, niche journalism organization, the Jewish Light sponsors a fair number of community events, but my favorite—and I know it’s not politic to name a favorite—is our annual cooking contest. Maybe it’s because I love to...
They’re setting the microphones and adjusting the spotlights at the Pageant, in anticipation of “Toast of the Town,” this year’s annual J Associates fundraiser to be held Saturday, April 21. It promises live entertainment from our own backyards...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published March 21, 2012
Forty years ago this month, the St. Louis Jewish Light, in a Page One story announced, "Covenant House groundbreaking scheduled for March 12 at JCCA."For four decades, Covenant House (now Covenant/CHAI Apartments) has empowered the Jewish community of...
The Jewish Light is seeking new voices in the St. Louis Jewish community to contribute to the paper’s website, www.stljewishlight.com, as regular volunteer bloggers.The Light is open to a range of topics that would be of interest to the Jewish community....
The Karen Solomon Young Adult Service Initiative, a new program providing an opportunity for Jewish young adults to help “repair the world,” will kick off with its first event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, April 1. The event, “Board Game Day...
