Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 30, 2020
If you happened to catch the documentary “Reinventing Rosalee” at last year’s St. Louis Jewish Film Festival, you surely remember the film’s feisty protagonist, Rosalee Glass, a Holocaust survivor. In her 80s, she began an acting career; in her...
The Kranzberg Family Foundation, a supporting foundation of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, has awarded $70,000 in grants to 16 Jewish programs for children, teens and young adults for 2020. The Foundation received over $200,000 in requests for this...
The Jewish Council for Public Affairs presents its prestigious Tikkun Olam Awards annually to individuals who have displayed extraordinary efforts to make the world a better place and a passion for civic engagement and justice. The 2020 honorees include...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published January 30, 2020
Airports and planes are often spaces for sharing details about travel plans, which is what Rabbi Hershey Novack and Michael Costello did when they met en route to Toronto from St. Louis in January 2019.Novack, the co-director of Chabad on Campus — Rohr...
BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published January 23, 2020
A federal appeals court in St. Louis heard a case last week from Arkansas that challenged that state’s anti-boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) law.Alan Leveritt, the publisher of the Arkansas Times newspaper, filed a lawsuit against the state in...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 23, 2020
Here’s a fun fact: A member of the Makovsky family has attended at least one World Series game each time the Cardinals have advanced to baseball’s finals. So it should come as no surprise that Jewish Light Associate Editor Eric Berger would bump...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 23, 2020
The Jewish Community Center has changed the dates of its upcoming Winter Used Book Sale. The sale will now take place Feb. 2-6 at the J’s Arts & Education Building (the sale was previously set for Jan. 26-30). The sale will start with a Preview...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 23, 2020
Congratulations to several students at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School for their award-winning dreidels in the 3rd Annual International #DoYouDreidel Design Competition hosted by Akiva School in Nashville, Tenn.The school invited students from Jewish...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 23, 2020
The last week of December 2019 was a time-out for most people, a final period of rest and relaxation. Not so for the staff, faculty and volunteers at H.F. Epstein Hebrew Academy. A two-week marathon of packing, moving and unpacking occurred during a short...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 16, 2020
A couple of big developments have taken place at institutions on the I.E. Millstone Campus near Creve Coeur. For starters, the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, which is scheduled to undergo significant renovations and an expansion after...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 16, 2020
John Burroughs senior Gabe Fleisher has been tapped to host a new KWMU (STL’s NPR affiliate) podcast, “Wake Up To Politics.” In each brief episode, Fleisher and an expert will deconstruct various political processes and systems behind the news....
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 16, 2020
The Jewish Light is planning a series of special events this year, beginning on Thursday, Feb. 20 with a luncheon at Westwood Country Club called “The Events Event: 20/20 Vision for Life’s Celebrations.” More than 20 tables will be beautifully designed...
