Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 21, 2024
The St. Louis Jewish Community Center’s biannual Used Book Sale returns to the Staenberg Family Complex Arts & Education Building from Sunday, Jan. 28 – Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Patrons can once again stock up on a new selection of used reading...
By Cate Marquis, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 31, 2019
Readers eagerly wait for it all year. The 41st annual St. Louis Book Festival takes place Nov. 3-17 at the Jewish Community Center’s Staenberg Family Complex. The festival is one of the nation’s largest, with 25 events in 12 days.This year the opening...
By Eric Berger, Staff writer
• Published October 25, 2017
If you ever come across someone who traffics in negative Jewish stereotypes, tell them to read a book. Or better yet, to attend the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival.That’s because this year’s festival — as in the past — has a wide variety of Jewish...
NEW YORK — Families that receive free Jewish children's books from the Massachusetts-based PJ Library say the program has helped them feel more connected to their Jewish communities, with interfaith families especially saying it has spurred them to...
Jewish Light Staff Report
• Published August 1, 2012
Barb Raznick, Director of Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library Recommended books: “Room Enough for Daisy” by Debby Waldman and Rita Feutl — inspired by a Yiddish folktale, a young girl’s clever mom helps her realize that “less is more”...
By Leanne Ortbals, Jewish Light Intern
• Published August 3, 2011
Looking for a hot summer read to accompany the sizzling temperatures? Staffers at Saul Brodsky Jewish Community Library offer their top Jewish-theme summer reading picks to dive into when St. Louis summer days are too hot to handle. Library Director Barb...
