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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

NCJW to start new session of Wife-Widow-Woman

Published May 2, 2012

National Council of Jewish Women-St. Louis Section will begin a new session of the Wife-Widow-Woman support group for recently widowed women on May 16. The group aims to bridge the gap between grief and growth reducing the sense of isolation experienced...

Karen Berry-Elbert

St. Louis NORC open to whole community for senior day trips

BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHTPublished February 15, 2012

For almost eight years, the St. Louis Naturally Occurring Retirement Community (NORC) has supported healthy aging of older adults living in a three-mile area primarily in unincorporated St. Louis County. Manager Karen Berry-Elbert says the agency aims...

Anne Stockham of Glendale browses on Tuesday at the National
Council of Jewish Womens Resale Shop, which recently moved to 295
N. Lindbergh Boulevard. The shop (pictured below) opened at the new
location in October, but its grand opening is set for Thursday,
Nov. 10. Photo: Agatha Gallagher

New beginnings for NCJW

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish LightPublished November 2, 2011

Ellen Alper looks out at a parking lot framed with a backdrop of passing cars on Lindbergh Boulevard and finds herself hoping for a mild winter. "I'm going to pray that it doesn't snow," she laughs, "because now I have to pay for the snow removal." It's...

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