Adin Bogner | Congregation B’nai AmoonaFinding a mitzvah project can be stressful. Knowing he wanted his project to be meaningful and interesting, Adin, son of Michaela and Myles Bogner of Ellisville, chose Remember Us: The Holocaust B’nai Mitzvah...

Leo and Regina Tabachnik celebrated their 50th anniversary on Aug. 12. Their children, Maria Roundtree (Eric), and Nellie Leichliter, grandchildren, Isabelle, Ian, Isaac and Seth, as well as other family members, loved celebrating with them, while overlooking...

Brian Schenberg| United Hebrew CongregationCamp Emeth has been Brian’s home away from home every summer for the past nine years. One of the programs at camp is visiting the Dolan Memory Care Home in Creve Coeur.The campers would plan weekly activities...

Joyce and Ronald Kornblum of University City are celebrating their 61st anniversary with well wishes from family and friends, just as they celebrated their wedding. Ronald is a retired engineering designer and Joyce is a retired bookkeeper. The couple...

Larry and Marilyn Alton of Creve Coeur will be celebrating 60 years of marriage. They are proud to be able to share this special event with their three children, Scott (Robin), Doug and Sam Alton (Julia Fogelberg) and four grandchildren, Tyler, Heather,...

Caleb Carson | Congregation Shaare EmethThe Tzedek Committee of Congregation Shaare Emeth is dedicated to making the St. Louis community a better place for all. Just as we all want shelter, food and education for ourselves, the Tzedek Committee works...

Sarah Gillian Toybes and Dennis Gerard Pohlmann were married June 18, 2016 at the Four Seasons Hotel St. Louis, where Rabbi Howard Kaplansky officiated. Sarah is the daughter of Steven and Sharlene Toybes, and the granddaughter of the late Sol and Sylvia...

Jeffrey Sparks and Carly Cooper have announced their engagement. Jeff is the son of Larry and Sara Sparks. Carly is the daughter of Gary and Shelley Byers. Both grew up in Chesterfield and attended Parkway Central High School. Jeff attended Miami University...

Michelle Gross, daughter of Jackie and Barry Gross of Chesterfield, and Benjamin Kuhr, son of Sharon and Gordon (z”l) Kuhr of Dallas, have announced their engagement. Michelle is the granddaughter of the late Dorothy and Alex Goldstein and the late...

It started with Bart.In November 2015, Angela LaRocca arrived for a business meeting at the “Wydown Starbucks,” at the corner of Hanley Road and Wydown Boulevard, to meet an acquaintance named Bart. He spotted and then introduced her to the new St....

Holocaust survivor Elsie Hirsch Levy, a Holocaust survivor now residing in St. Louis, marked her 100th birthday on July 2, 2017.  She was the subject of an article in the May 25, 2011 issue of the St. Louis Jewish Light regarding her recovering some...

For the past 18 months, Congregation Shaare Emeth has had a partnership with the International Institute of St. Louis, the organization that provides essential community integration of refugees in St. Louis. The Institute’s mission is to help immigrants...