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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

Students and learning specialists collaborate in Epstein Hebrew Academy’s “Brain Cave,” its department for student support services.

Jewish day schools in St. Louis aim to help students with special needs

BY ERIC BERGER, STAFF WRITERPublished August 30, 2018

On July 30, Chana Novack, the mother of a fourth-grader, posted on the St. Louis Jewish Mamas Facebook page that eight children were not returning to Orthodox Jewish schools this year because of their “behavioral and learning needs.”“I’m sure...

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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