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 Hannah Snidman, Sophomore at Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published December 13, 2012
On the heels of the Jonas Brothers and One Direction, a new boy band has emerged from the halls of Parkway Central High School. Freshmen band J-TAL was formed by drummer Tal Halperin, bassist Jacob Ballard, singer/guitarist Josh Mannis and keyboardist...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published June 1, 2011
If Tevye of "Fiddler on the Roof" fame were a butcher instead of a milkman and Golda helped Teyve with his business instead of staying at home to raise five daughters, then Teyve and Golda might look a lot like Irving and Kay Diamant, longtime owners...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 20, 2010
Where some might have seen only a gap in the St. Louis culinary landscape Igal Alon and Elie Harir saw an opportunity. "St. Louis has a lot of different flavors and the restaurant business has really developed in the last couple of years," Alon said,...
Career choices have swelled exponentially since the days when nursery rhymes listed such options as "Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief. Doctor, lawyer, Indian chief." But even today, how many kids grow up determined to become a rabbi?Not many, at...
BY RENEE STOVSKY, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published June 17, 2010
The first part of the Fifth Commandment orders us to "honor thy father." Though it does not continue with instructions to go into business with our fathers, through the ages many a Jewish son or daughter has become part of the family partnership. And...
