By BILL MOTCHAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 25, 2018
Chat for a while with Susan Kottler and you’ll learn something new about St. Louis history. Or the St. Louis Zoo or the St. Louis Art Museum or the Pulitzer Arts Foundation or the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. Kottler has been a docent at all four...
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 24, 2018
Ask a group of high school students to name their favorite celebrity and you’ll get answers such as actress Emma Watson or singer Demi Lovato. Hannah Maurer marches to a different drummer. Her “political crush” is voting rights activist Jason...
Power of diversityLast week, the Light honored its 2018 Unsung Heroes with an evening program and reception as well as in our Oy! Magazine, which featured stories about their volunteerism. Sela Masaki, 13, was not among this year’s class but she easily...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published May 17, 2018
Marci Mayer Eisen is the Director of the Millstone Institute at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis and primary staff person for JProStl, community-wide collaborations to connect, train and inspire professionals and volunteer leaders. Eisen previously...
The magic of Marvin
When Marvin Cohen entered Jennifer Johnson’s second grade classroom at Spoede Elementary School 21 years ago, he was supposed to tutor one of her students in reading. But every time Cohen came to tutor the student, he started...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published May 2, 2018
Linking the linksI didn’t know Lynne Isaacs Palan well, though I interviewed her a few years ago for a series of stories on hereditary cancer and the BRCA genes. She was incredibly gracious and forthcoming. Lynne died last month after a long battle...
By Eric Berger, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 26, 2018
When Cantor Shira Lissek performs in the main sanctuary at Congregation B’nai Amoona, the acoustics will likely be familiar to her. That’s where she sang in the choir as a teenager and where her father, Leon Lissek, spent 30 years as the hazzan.If...
By Carol Wolf Solomon, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 26, 2018
This Creve Coeur resident, attorney and member of United Hebrew Congregation can check an appearance on “Jeopardy!” off her bucket list. Remember, your answer needs to be in the form of a question.Who is Leslye Laderman?To see how she did, tune in...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published April 26, 2018
Book dealSometimes when it rains it really does pour — in a good way. Last week, Amy Pakett got her share of April showers when she learned she had been named Director of Literary and Jewish Arts at the Jewish Community Center, which includes overseeing...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published March 29, 2018
Rabbi Mike Rovinsky, a mohel, tells a couple after a circumcision in January to use antibiotic ointment and a gauze pad on the site at every diaper change for the next two days. He then offers a warning: The 11-day-old baby, Hezekiyah, likely won’t...
BY BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published February 15, 2018
He’s only 17, but Benjamin Shostak has already built an impressive list of accomplishments.The University City High School junior was awarded the coveted Midot (values) Medal in last year’s JCC Maccabi games. He also received the Maccabi Martin Kodner...
BY CAROL WOLF SOLOMON, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 31, 2018
In 2016, 41.2 million people lived in food-insecure households in the United States, meaning they were uncertain of having, or unable to acquire enough food to meet the needs of all their members because they had insufficient money or other resources...
