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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

Aaron Whittington and Ken Cohen volunteer at Temple Emanuel
during the Jewish-Muslim Day of Service on Dec. 25. The inaugural
event, organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council, the
National Council of Jewish Women and the Islamic Foundation of
Greater St. Louis, drew close to 400 people. For a gallery of more
than 30 images from the event, visit
www.stljewishlight.com/multimedia. Photo: Yana Hotter

Interfaith service event draws 400

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish LightPublished 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...

Anne Stockham of Glendale browses on Tuesday at the National
Council of Jewish Women's 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...

NCJW begins new session of Wife-Widow-Woman Support group

Published May 4, 2011

NCJW-St. Louis Section begins a new bi-monthly session of the Wife-Widow-Woman support group for recently widowed women. The goal of the group is to bridge the gap between grief and growth reducing the sense of isolation from loss. Led by an experienced...

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