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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Liam Harir 

Mitzvot from the Heart: Liam Harir

Published November 9, 2016

Liam HarirCongregation B’nai Amoona “I chose this project because no one I knew was doing anything to help Israel, and I wanted a project that would help the Israeli people,” said Liam, son of Galit Lev-Harir and Elie Harir of Wildwood. Liam’s...

Phyllis and Stanley Cohen (1966)

Cohens Celebrate Golden Anniversary

Published November 9, 2016

Phyllis and Stanley Cohen celebrated their “50th” with a luncheon and out-of-towners’ breakfast at the Clayton Ritz Carlton, hosted by their daughters Stacy Cohen Sun and Angie Cohen Scariano and their families, and attended by many family members...

Kaiser-Bromberg Engagement

Kaiser-Bromberg Engagement

Published October 26, 2016

Rebecca Kaiser, daughter of Joni and Bob Kaiser of Olivette, and Yehuda Bromberg, son of Michele and Leo Bromberg of Skokie, Ill., have announced their engagement.Rebecca is the granddaughter of Carolyn Koppel of St. Louis, Sylvia and Martin Mintzer of...

Upton - Elias Engagement

Upton – Elias Engagement

Published October 26, 2016

Devon Marie Upton of Cincinnati and Brian Edward Elias of Cincinnati have announced their engagement.Devon is the daughter of Brenda and Steve Upton and the granddaughter of Clara and the late Luther Barker and the late Alice and the late James Upton,...

Becker Family

Beckers celebrate 50th anniversary

Published October 26, 2016

Ron and Leslie Becker celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on an Eastern Caribbean cruise.  They took their children and grandchildren on the cruise.  When in St. Thomas, they visited the beautiful and historic Hebrew Congregation synagogue. ...

Blum-Weintraub Wedding

Blum-Weintraub Wedding

Published October 26, 2016

Marlene Blum, daughter of Mike and Karen Blum of San Luis Obispo, Calif., and Sandy Weintraub, son of Ken Weintraub and Sharon Katz-Weintraub of St. Louis, were married July 17, 2016 at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore.Rabbi Daniel Bogard, originally...

Jerry and Sandy Kootman

Kootmans celebrate 60th anniversary

Published September 28, 2016

On July 29, Sandy and Jerry Kootman of Chesterfield lovingly celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. Sandy and Jerry are parents of Dr. Richard and Jettie Kootman, Dr. Jeffrey Kootman, and Kathi and Stuart Rosenberg. They have eight grandchildren...

Halle Tucker

Mitzvot from the Heart: Halle Tucker

Published September 28, 2016

Halle Tucker, Congregation Shaare EmethHalle knew her mitzvah project had to be something meaningful, make a difference in someone else’s life and include her love of art and creativity. Daughter of Aemi and Steve Tucker of Chesterfield, she collected...

Cort-Frankel Engagement

Cort-Frankel Engagement

Published September 15, 2016

Rachel Cort and David Frankel have announced their engagement.Rachel is the daughter of David and Susan Cort of Town & Country and the granddaughter of Nancy and Bill Jones of Fayetteville, Ga., and the late Sylvia and the late Irving Cort of Silver...

Dalin-Heldman Engagement

Dalin-Heldman Engagement

Published September 15, 2016

Jamie Dalin, daughter of Dr. Jeff and Debbie Dalin of St. Louis, and Adam Heldman, son of Roger and Julie Heldman of Cincinnati, have announced their engagement.Jamie is the granddaughter of Oscar and the late Elaine Goldberg and the late Dr. Harry Dalin...

Justin Goldenberg devoted his mitzvah project to helping two organizations:  Challenger Baseball and Lift for Life Academy. 

Mitzvot from the heart: Justin Goldenberg

Published September 15, 2016

Justin Goldenberg  Congregation Shaare EmethJustin, son of Kim and Steve Goldenberg of Creve Coeur, really appreciates the education he receives at MICDS. He knows there are other schools in St. Louis that provide wonderful opportunities to its students...

Macy Kerner based her mitzvah project on performing 10 acts of random kindness. 

Mitzvot from the Heart: Macy Kerner

Published August 31, 2016

Macy KernerCongregation Shaare Emeth Macy loves the quote, “Throw kindness around like confetti.” So much so, that her bat mitzvah theme was confetti and her mitzvah project was performing 10 random acts of kindness. Daughter of Betsy and Ben Kerner...

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