The St. Louis Jewish community is invited to meet Rabbi Lazer Brody when he visits St. Louis Thursday, Dec. 8 through Saturday, Dec. 10.Rabbi Brody is an internationally acclaimed speaker and translator of several bestselling books, including the widely...
Community support helps residents keep Shabbat servicesOnce again the Jewish community has come forward in a time of need.Because of the article in the Jewish Light ("Residents hope concert will keep services afloat," Nov. 23), by Patricia Corrigan that...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 23, 2011
Singing for supper has long been an honored tradition in the performing arts-and now a local group plans to play and sing so that senior citizens may continue to have easy access to weekly religious services. For more than 10 years, residents of Covenant...
Merged day school's policy on kashrutA Nov. 2 letter to the editor asserts that the new Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School has no kashrut policy. We would like to correct this misperception and explain our approach to the merger process.When a Reform...
A full weekend celebration is planned as United Hebrew installs Rabbi Brigitte S. Rosenberg as the fifth senior rabbi in the large Reform congregation’s 174-year history at a special Shabbat service at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 11, followed by an Oneg...
The Millstone Institute for Jewish Leadership is seeking nominations for the first class of the Millstone Fellows, the Institute's signature program for emerging and established leaders from throughout the St. Louis Jewish community. The Institute is...
Chabad's Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) will be partnering for the first time with the Jewish Community Center to present "Fascinating Facts: Exploring the Myths and Mysteries of Judaism," a newly developed six-session course commencing Monday, Nov....
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published September 14, 2011
Several parents whose children attend either Saul Mirowitz Day School-Reform Jewish Academy (RJA) or Solomon Schechter Day School of St. Louis (SSDS) expressed cautious optimism in the wake of learning about a possible merger of the two schools for the...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published September 14, 2011
Tolstoy's famous quote from "Anna Karenina" that, "All happy families are alike" but "each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way" is an apt observation for the thermo-nuclear family depicted in "End Days." Deborah Zoe Laufer's play opens the 15th season...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 31, 2011
Trudy Sudin has been a congregant at Nusach Hari B'nai Zion for nearly three decades."I'm considered one of the newer members," she quipped.Sudin may be kidding but her joke about how deep historical roots run at this century-old shul had special meaning...
St. Louis' new Jewish Parents as Teachers program (J-PAT) will hold a kick-off event for families interested in learning about J-PAT at 4 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, at J-PAT headquarters, which are housed at Congregation Temple Israel, 1 Rabbi Alvan D. Rubin...
The Lens, a leadership program for adults in their 20s who are interested in issues of community change, is seeking applicants. This three-part interactive program, sponsored by the Millstone Institute for Jewish Leadership, will be held in October 2011....
