By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 16, 2012
Temple Emanuel is ready to open the search for a new spiritual leader after announcing the departure of Senior Rabbi Justin Kerber early this week. “Rabbi Kerber and the Board have asked me to share the news that tonight the Board reached an agreement...
Growing up, I was always taught that rabbis were an exalted lot. These were holy men—there weren’t any women rabbis at the time—who seemed above and different from the rest of us. Bigger than life, they were learned and authoritative with a special...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published April 18, 2012
CHARLESTON, Mo.—Ten inmates, all but one part of the prison’s Jewish Worship Group, are seated around a large rectangular table, eagerly waiting. Several wear yarmulkes and have tallits draped over their shoulders while the others gladly accept one...
From May to December 2011, there were 3,455 reports of child abuse/neglect in St. Louis County. Each day the Jewish Family & Children’s Service Child Abuse Prevention Program works to reduce this number. Its four-tiered, evidence-based prevention...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published April 4, 2012
Dorothy Solomon, for many years an admired “super-saleswoman” of the St. Louis Jewish Light, died “peacefully,” according to family members, on Friday, March 30, at Menorah Medical Center in Kansas City. She was 90 and had lived in Kansas City,...
Congregation Shaare Emeth will present “God, Wilderness, Doubt and Faith: A Weekend with Rabbi Jamie Korngold,” April 20-22. Known as the “Adventure Rabbi,” Korngold is a Reform rabbi who is nationally recognized for her pioneering work combining...
Affordable Care Act is crucial The Affordable Care Act provides a significant opportunity to help hundreds of thousands of Missourians, including many in the Jewish Community, get, afford and keep high quality health insurance. At Jewish Family &...
Crown Center for Senior Living, 8350 Delcrest Drive, is sponsoring a speaker series, which features local Jewish congregational leaders. First up is Rabbi Mordecai Miller of Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel on March 14, followed by Hazzan Joanna Selznick Dulkin...
The Vaad Hoeir of St. Louis has restructured the rabbinic oversight for its communal operations, and appointed two rabbis from within the local community to fill new positions of Rabbanim Acharaim (Certifying Rabbis). According to Perry Mendelson, president...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 7, 2012
More than a year after stalling with no apparent resolution, merger talks between Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel and Shaare Zedek Synagogue appear to have reignited last week. “I don’t have a crystal ball and can’t predict anything,” said Susan Cort,...
A bat mitzvah celebration in Krakow's Tempel synagogue is believed to be the first of a locally born Jewish girl. Estera Derkowska celebrated becoming a bat mitzvah with a havdallah ceremony Saturday before a congregation of up to 200 people. Krakow’s...
JERUSALEM -- Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, considered this generation's leading halachic authority, is conscious after spending two weeks in a coma. Elyashiv, leader of the Lithuanian haredi Orthodox community, opened his eyes for the first time in two...
