By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 16, 2013
On the road again I’m headed to Israel next week armed with a number of stories I plan to report while there, but I am still on the hunt for more. Specifically, I would love the names of former St. Louisans who are now living in Israel – either temporarily...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 4, 2012
In his new book “Moses: A Stranger Among Us,” ($19, Cascade Books, 164 pages), Rabbi Maurice D. Harris, a native of St. Louis, sets forth a fresh look at Moses, “from a progressive, pluralistic Jewish perspective.” Rabbi Harris himself is no...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published June 6, 2012
Jason Wilson wants people to understand that although he hasn’t been able to work full time since 1999, he’s neither lazy nor is he a loser. What he is, he explains, his voice choking with emotion, is mentally ill. The 41-year-old was diagnosed with...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 23, 2012
At 38, Eric Greitens has lived a full life and then some. A former Navy SEAL in Iraq, Greitens was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he wrote his doctoral thesis on children in crisis areas. He majored in ethics at Duke University, where he...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 4, 2012
Robert Protzel’s name is synonymous with traditional Jewish fare in St. Louis. At the family business, Protzel’s Delicatessen, 7608 Wydown Boulevard in Clayton, he discovered as a child—he calls the store his babysitter—his love of making people...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 8, 2012
It didn't take long for Marni Deutsch to become a believer. When she heard from a relative about a program that would bring Jewish education right to the doorstep of her Clayton home, she knew she wanted to enroll her four-year-old daughter Ella. "It...
