Rabbi Elizabeth Hersh of Temple Emanuel has become one of the founding members of the Melton Rabbinic Council. The Melton Rabbinic Council will serve as a sounding board for major Melton ideas, directions and future initiatives. Melton is the largest...
The Jewish War Veterans Post 644 of St. Louis has announced its new slate of officers. The following officers were elected for the 2021-2022 year: Ellis Frohman, commander; Leslie Birenbaum, senior vice commander; William Gold, junior vice commander;...
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Student Board of Directors with its largest and most diverse board yet. For the 2021-2022 school year, 29 high school seniors from across the greater St. Louis area...
BILL MOTCHAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 27, 2021
St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Arthur Litz made a huge impact on the legal profession during his career. Now, the 98-year-old Jewish retired judge will have a permanent spot in the 5th Circuit Court: His portrait will hang in the court he presided over....
Cantor Jay O’Brien has been recognized as one of Chicago’s Jewish 36 Under 36: Double Chai in the Chi, by Oy! Chicago. O’Brien is the cantor and composer-in-residence at Makom Solel Lakeside in Highland Park, Ill. He is the son of Rhonda and...
Frances Levine, president and CEO of the Missouri Historical Society, plans to retire in mid-2022. Since joining the institution in 2014, Levine has overseen a period of major growth for the Missouri Historical Society (MHS), which operates the Missouri...
Alice Handelman, a member of the Jewish Light’s Board of Trustees, has won five first place writing awards from Missouri Professional Communicators and two second place writing awards from the National Federation of Press Women for her feature...
The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) awarded honorary doctorates to 36 rabbis at an online convocation ceremony June 6. Among those whose achievements were honored was Rabbi Carnie Shalom Rose, the Rabbi Bernard Lipnick Senior Rabbinic Chair at Congregation...
Air Force Capt. Robert (Rob) Friedman, a native St. Louisan, was recently awarded the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal “in recognition of performing outstanding volunteer community service of a sustained, direct and consequential nature.”...
Ellen Soule has joined Jewish Federation of St. Louis as the Professional Society and corporate partnerships officer.
Soule will work with Professional Society members to plan and execute several events throughout the year. She will also work with...
Missouri Lawyers Media has chosen Susan Block, a partner at Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal and a former circuit court judge, as its 2021 Woman of the Year. Block served at both the associate and circuit levels of the St. Louis County Circuit Court from...
After having served as CEO, on July 1 Karen Kalish assumed the role of Director of Philanthropic Partnerships at Home Works! The Teacher Home Visit Program, which she founded 14 years ago. The program has trained and paid hundreds of teachers who...
