DANIEL SHANKER, FRESHMAN, YESHIVAT KADIMAH HIGH SCHOOL
• Published May 4, 2022
Judaism values a variety of interpersonal traits. Rabbi Ze’ev Smason of Nusach Hari B’nai Zion, a modern Orthodox synagogue in Olivette, sums them up in four words: “To be a mensch.”
“[Being a mensch] means being a person of scrupulous...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published December 31, 2020
Isaac Amon’s interest in his family’s Sephardic Jewish history inspired him in 2018 to visit Istanbul, where he located the graves of his great-grandparents and his great-great-grandfather, a rabbi and mathematics teacher named Ishak Amon, for whom...
BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR
• Published May 21, 2020
Rabbi Carnie Rose has thought about what summer camp at Congregation B’nai Amoona with no singing would sound like. Some public health officials say that the projection that comes with singing could spray the coronavirus further than normal speech...
Listing below provided by the St. Louis Rabbinical and Cantorial Association, with additional information from congregations directly• Bais Abraham (Orthodox): Daily Tehillim, Halakha and Mishnah Monday through Friday at 7 a.m. Online at https://zoom.us/j/297962649...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published July 18, 2019
When Herman Spector was approaching death in 2000, Dr. Jerry Cohen was one of the only people allowed to visit him at his home in University City.Spector, who worked in the printing industry, was anxious and asked Cohen, a podiatrist, “Who’s going...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published September 27, 2018
As we look to October, a whole lot is happening in the St. Louis Jewish community. Here are a few events and programs you may want to note on your calendars:Sababa Jewish Arts Festival: The inaugural Sababa festival is set for 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday,...
BY SAM MOSHER, STAFF WRITER
• Published July 19, 2018
Talia Wolkowitz is a native St. Louisan who served in the Israel Defense Forces for two years. After joining in December 2015, she rose to the rank of sergeant, working as an operational track and attack canine handler. In this position, she was paired...
By Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published May 17, 2018
Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), will be the featured speaker at a Shabbat program hosted by Nusach Hari B’nai Zion congregation May 26. Klein, known for his outspoken views on Israel, will discuss, “The...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published December 13, 2017
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason doesn’t usually talk politics at Nusach Hari B’nai Zion — except when it comes to Israel, he said.He decided he should deliver a sermon last Saturday addressing President Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize Jerusalem...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chef Emeritus
• Published September 6, 2017
Sammy Rangel will share his journey from a childhood lost to abuse, crime and incarceration, to overcoming his anger and hate, to devoting his life to helping others and “believing that change is possible” as the featured speaker in Nusach Hari B’nai...
Learn to read Hebrew in time for the High Holidays with Nusach Hari B’nai Zion’s five-week Hebrew reading crash course. Beginning on Monday July 17 from 7:30-9 p.m., this NJOP (National Jewish Outreach Project) designed curriculum is intended to instruct...
Nusach Hari B’nai Zion will welcome Rabbi Daniel Cohen for a series of programs on Saturday and Sunday, July 8-9.Cohen is a motivational speaker and author of “What Will They Say About You When You Are Gone? Creating a Life of Legacy.” He is a board...
