Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published February 8, 2022
Back by popular demand, St. Louis Jewish Light Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Bob Cohn is returning for his every-other-month meeting of "On the Record with Bob Cohn."
The meeting will take place this Friday, February 11 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Bob will...
BY SUSAN KEMPPAINEN, SPECIAL FOR THE ST. LOUIS JEWISH LIGHT
• Published December 22, 2021
Five decades ago, when preemie care was still a new science, I was born at 30 weeks and weighed 3 pounds, 4 ounces. My grandmother said she’d bought bigger chickens. Since I was an itty-bitty thing and a picky eater, everyone worried I’d starve to...
Last March, as the pandemic caused everyone to shelter in place and go online to stay connected, senior adults, many who live by themselves, became even more isolated. Though Zoom, FaceTime, Facebook Messenger video and other apps enabled people to work...
The Mirowitz Center at Covenant Place will hold several online learning events featuring guest speakers on a variety of topics in June and July: • Tuesday, June 30: “When is it Time to Ask for the Keys?” One of the most difficult issues senior...
The Mirowitz Center at Covenant Place will hold a free Zoom discussion at 2 p.m. June 24 with Dr. David Carr on “Driving Ms. Daisy – When Is It Time to Take an Uber?!”Carr is the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Geriatric Medicine in the...
BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published January 17, 2020
If you were to walk into HJ’s Cafe on a weekday afternoon, you might notice that the new restaurant at the Mirowitz Center in Covenant Place offers items such as a chili cheese dog as well as a kosher tuna melt.Some guests have asked Covenant Place...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 9, 2020
As he takes a reporter on a tour of the art at the I.E. Millstone Campus near Creve Coeur, Michael Staenberg beams with pride. The Jewish philanthropist and developer resembles a proud papa, although in this case his offspring are 215 pieces of art, valued...
BY DAVID BAUGHER, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published January 9, 2020
Filled with energy-friendly features such as water-retaining xeriscaping, high-performance fluorescent lighting and thermal equalizers in the gym, the Staenberg Family Complex was a model of efficiency. Though the complex’s footprint was smaller than...
The new HJ’s Café, located adjacent to the Mirowitz Center in the new Covenant Place II Cahn Family Building, has opened and is currently serving breakfast and lunch on Mondays through Fridays in October. Starting in November, HJ’s Café will be...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published September 12, 2019
FEL for the fellasLast week, about 100 people showed up at the Mirowitz Center to learn about a new men’s group forming called FEL (Friends Enjoying Life). It’s modeled after similar efforts in Naples, Fla. and Phoenix, the latter of which is called...
Covenant Place’s new Mirowitz Center will celebrate its opening the week of Sept. 9 by offering the community free trial classes.The following are recurring programs. For more information or to register, visit http://bit.ly/Mirowitz-Center-form (click...
NCJW’s “Advocacy 101” class is a new addition to the Mirowitz Center programming lineup. Class participants will learn ways to advocate to their legislators on issues of importance. Classes take place once a month for five months, beginning in...
