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

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Jason Lezak likely closes Olympics career with a silver medal

By Charlotte Anthony, JTAPublished July 31, 2012

Four-time gold medalist Jason Lezak, competing in likely what is his final Olympics, helped the American swim team qualify for the 4x100-meter freestyle relay finals. Lezak swam in the morning preliminaries on Sunday but did not compete that evening in...

Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach, is a longtime fitness instructor at the Jewish Community Center. She is also a member of the St. Louis Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Not all habits should be broken

By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPTPublished May 17, 2012

“We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” —Aristotle Habits are funny things.  They tend to sneak up on us, so seemingly innocuous, only to grab a stronghold until they have established themselves as a pattern...

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