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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

The team behind Israeli skeleton competitor Bradley Chalupski, second from left—left to right, marketing director Tamar Simon, CFO Philip Nathan, fundraiser David Greaves and coach Andy Teig—at the track in Lake Placid, N.Y., on opening day of the mens skeleton world championships, Feb. 24, 2012.

On skeleton, N.J.’s Bradley Chalupski hopes to sled for Israel at Olympics

By Uriel Heilman, JTAPublished March 1, 2012

LAKE PLACID, N.Y.—Meet Bradley Chalupski, Israel’s best hope for a medal on the bobsled track at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in 2014. Chalupski is an unlikely Israeli athlete. For one thing he competes in skeleton, a sport that’s virtually...

Temple Har Shalom, Park Citys Reform synagogue, is one of the
venues for the Sundance Film Festival.

Park City shul is a popular venue for Sundance films—and ski-in Shabbat services

By Matthew Weinstein, JTAPublished January 22, 2012

PARK CITY, Utah—Call it the Sundance Synaplex. This week, crowds of people will be flocking several times a day to Temple Har Shalom in this picturesque ski town, but they won't be coming for Shacharit, Mincha or Maariv services. Instead, for 10 days...

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