NEW YORK -- A Conservative Jew, I am a third-generation member of Temple Beth-El Mekor Chayim in Cranford, N.J., was very active in the movement’s United Synagogue Youth and helped create a presence for Koach, the movement’s college program, at my...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 7, 2011
Boaz Genut has been back in Israel since 2006 but sometimes he still sounds like a St. Louisan. "Someone picked me up from the airport and was a little confused on how to go. I said just take 170 south and I'll direct you from there," laughed the rabbi,...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 23, 2011
We've gotten a little jiggy at the Jewish Light this week, talking about Thanksgiving and how it's a favorite holiday for many of us. In today's editorial, the boss calls it a holiday of faith, family and friends. I agree, though I'd add another "f" to...
BY MIA KWESKIN, Junior, Parkway Central
• Published November 9, 2011
Talented, hilarious, unique, smart, reliable, friendly and determined-these are the words family and friends use to describe Parkway Central junior Alex Tash. But there's one more word describing Alex that people may be surprised to discover: Jewish.Born...
Hoping to bolster Jewish day school education in St. Louis, Solomon Schechter Day School of St. Louis (SSDS) and the Saul Mirowitz Day School- Reform Jewish Academy (RJA) have tentatively agreed to merge in the 2012-2013 school year, the Jewish Light...
Solomon Schechter Day School, 348 South Mason Road in Creve Coeur, has received its reaccreditation from the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS).According to William C. Rowe, interim Head of School, successful reaccreditation...
On April 12, 1951, the Israeli Knesset designated the 27th day of Nissan as Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day. Typically, it is observed after Passover in a citywide service whereby survivors share their memories. Yahrzeit candles are lit, Kaddish...
Block Yeshiva High School In September, Avital Shulman, a senior at Block Yeshiva High School received an Award of Excellence from the LMI/D3 Technologies Institute in recognition of her outstanding research accomplishments during the STARS program. Dr....
