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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

H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy plans to sell its eight-acre property on Warson Road to the Miriam Foundation and move to a new University City location. 

Epstein will sell building to Miriam Foundation, move to a new location in U.City

By Eric Berger, Associate EditorPublished July 11, 2019

H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy, a Modern Orthodox Jewish day school, has reached an agreement to sell its property in Olivette to the Miriam Foundation, which will use the building for a high school for students with special needs.Epstein plans to purchase...

Stephen and Darien Arnstein

‘Mirowitz in Bloom’ gala set for May 5

Published April 18, 2019

More than 450 supporters of Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School will celebrate “Mirowitz in Bloom” on Sunday, May 5 at the school’s annual gala. The evening will highlight the generations of students who have bloomed into capable and ethical...

Rabbi Yaakov Green, head of school at Epstein Hebrew Academy, speaks to students during the Jewish Student Union Torah of Unity Celebration in December 2017 with students of Epstein and Yeshivat Kadimah High School. Green is leaving Epstein at the end of the 2018-2019 school year to join a Jewish day school in Dallas.

Epstein, Kadimah plan to merge, move to new campus

By Eric Berger, Associate EditorPublished April 11, 2019

H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy and Yeshivat Kadimah High School announced last week that they would merge to form one school and move from the Olivette building they share to a new space in University City. Leaders of Epstein, an early childhood, elementary...

Students from Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School and Al-Salam Day School meet four times a year as part of Operation Cooperation Middle School. Photos: Mike Sherwin

Program connects St. Louis students from Jewish and Muslim day schools

By Ellen Futterman, EditorPublished April 4, 2019

Picture four middle schoolers playing a game of catch-and-release. Divided into pairs, each twosome holds onto either end of a net and tosses a beanbag back and forth, trying to land it in the other pair’s net. The objective isn’t for one pair to...

Audrey Roberts, Ava Randall and Jordyn Greene are ready for middle school on the first day of classes at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School.

Mirowitz plans open house event

Published October 26, 2018

At 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 7 parents are invited to come back to school, and get a close look at how kids grow to be joyful learners and ethical leaders. Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School teachers will facilitate hands-on lessons and share strategies...

Howard and Jackie Oppenheimer

Epstein to honor Howard and Jackie Oppenheimer

Published March 10, 2016

H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy will hold its 73rd Annual Banquet, “The Future is Bright…Be the Light,” on Thursday, March 17 at the Hilton Frontenac. The event will honor Howard and Jackie Oppenheimer, as well as celebrate the school’s achievements...

Bais Yaakov high school planning student production March 9

Published March 2, 2016

Esther Miller Bais Yaakov High School students are planning a musical production for women from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on March 9 at the Clayton High School Theater. The school’s students stage a production every other year — students spend summers...

Mirowitz fourth graders are shown with State Sen. Jill Schupp on the Senate floor. The students were introduced by name during a session of Senate and invited down to the Senate floor.

Young activists bring Jewish values to Capitol

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

Missouri State Rep. Stacey Newman of Richmond Heights has some “most favorite lobbyists” and she’s not afraid to name them.They’re “the fourth graders from Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School,” Newman wrote on Facebook.  She also displayed...

Students prepare costumes for bibliodrama of Mi Chamocha during the inaugural Carol Rubin Day of Jewish Music, Study and the Arts — a full day of using Jewish texts as inspiration for visual art, storytelling, drama and music, capped off with a Dan Nichols (above) concert and an all-school Israel Dance celebration.  

A Mirowitz first

Published March 26, 2015

In February, Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School held its inaugural Carol Rubin Day of Jewish Music, Study and the Arts — a full day of using Jewish texts as inspiration for visual art, storytelling, drama and music, capped off with a Dan Nichols...

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