The Central Agency for Jewish Education and the Jewish Federation of St. Louis announce the availability of the following scholarship opportunities for teen travel to Israel:• The Stuart I. Pessin Fund will award two outstanding teenagers merit- based...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 28, 2011
Not long ago Melvin Zuhler seemed to have it all -- his family, his health, a successful business and a bank account totaling near six figures. Yet as 2011 draws to a close, Zuhler is looking for only one thing -- help. "I want a second chance," said...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 28, 2011
Looking out over a sea of people in garb ranging from hijabs to yarmulkes to baseball caps, enjoying laughter and conversation with one another over bagels and coffee on a holiday few in the room even celebrate, Batya Abramson-Goldstein couldn't help...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 7, 2011
Robin Hirsch is an artist in her own right, having earned a bachelor's in fine arts in photography from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1985. When pressed about how she expresses her artistic passion these days, she points to the paintings and multimedia...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 23, 2011
Avraham Lapine hails from the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, N.Y. but the 25-year-old Lubavitcher rabbi says he has felt no culture shock since opening the new Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of Missouri-Columbia two weeks ago. "My...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 16, 2011
By the time she was 13, Helen R. Friedman already knew she wanted to be a psychologist. "I always observed how relationships work, and also had compassion without judgment," says the native of Rome, N.Y. "When I was a senior in high school, my best subjects...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 9, 2011
Many of us think Lou Grant when we hear the name Ed Asner; after all, he played the legendary editor for 12 years on two iconic TV shows. But on Saturday at Lindenwood University, the seven-time Emmy-winning actor takes on another legendary figure, that...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 9, 2011
Louis and Sarah Block Yeshiva High School of St. Louis, which operates Orthodox schools for boys and girls, lost its tax-exempt status earlier this year as part of a national Internal Revenue Service review of non-profits. According to the IRS's website,...
By SUSAN FADEM, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published September 28, 2011
You can't say no, the caller beseeched, in a mock-threatening tone best reserved for dear friends. "I've already volunteered your services," the message continued. Fortunately for umpteen thousands, Ellen Dubinsky said yes. Her golfing buddy and fellow...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published September 7, 2011
Two co-sponsors, 11 collaborating organizations and dozens of musically gifted individuals from many religious traditions are working together to help the St. Louis metropolitan area mark the anniversary of the terrorist attacks 10 years ago on Sept....
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published August 17, 2011
Missouri is now one of 23 states with laws designed to improve education about cord blood stem cells - potentially life-enhancing cells harvested from the umbilical cords of newborns - and about the options for preserving them.Currently, three out of...
The majority Republican party in the Missouri General Assembly has caused passage of Senate Bill 3. which would require Missouri voters to present a non-expired government-issued photo ID in order to vote in elections. The bill now heads to the desk of...
