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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

Remembering Morton May, the Jewish St. Louisan who donated 5,500 works of art to SLAM

Remembering Morton May, the Jewish St. Louisan who donated 5,500 works of art to SLAM

Jordan PalmerPublished October 5, 2021

Like many American museums, the collection of art that makes up the St. Louis Art Museum not only comes from it purchasing works of art from around the world, but also from gifts and bequests from St. Louis collectors.  In total, according to the museum,...

Jewish Touchpoints at the St. Louis Art Museum, Session I

Jewish Touchpoints at the St. Louis Art Museum, Session I

Published June 14, 2021

Date/Time: 6/28/2021 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (Monday), Cost: Free Registration Information Join Dale Sharon, a 25 year docent at the St. Louis Art Museum, a SLAM Board of Trustees member and an exhibited artist, for a four part series, beginning June...

Israeli artist Dana Levy brought rescue birds to north St. Louis and shot video of them at and around abandoned buildings for her new exhibit at the St. Louis Art Museum.

This Israeli artist found inspiration in north St. Louis for new exhibit

BY ERIC BERGER, ASSOCIATE EDITORPublished March 4, 2021

Before artist Dana Levy came to St. Louis, she didn’t think the city would provide an “extreme” enough setting for her work. But when the Israeli-born artist traveled in 2019 to north St. Louis, she had never seen a place like it, she recalled.If...

Covenant Place resident Bernie Rosenberg said he “traveled through his imagination” while painting to a place he had visited when he was younger.

Covenant Place residents get their moment at St. Louis Art Museum

By Ellen FuttermanPublished December 19, 2019

If you’ve been to the St. Louis Art Museum recently, you may have noticed a display of colorful paintings by the museum’s gift shop. Entitled “Covenant Place: Family, Culture, Traditions,” this Student Gallery exhibition features works by Covenant...

Nancy Kranzberg

For centuries, artists have been inspired by subjects in repose

NANCY KRANZBERGPublished October 3, 2019

I love some of the titles of art exhibitions. A few years ago, I saw a unique one entitled, “Recline/Design: Art and the Aesthetics of Repose” at the Palm Springs Art Museum’s location in Palm Desert, Calif.The introductory panel of the exhibit...

Nancy  Kranzberg

Power of storytelling spans the ages

By Nancy Kranzberg, Special to the Jewish LightPublished June 28, 2017

When I’m giving a tour of the St. Louis Art Museum or Laumeier Sculpture Park and feel that I am losing my audience’s attention, I often find myself saying, “Let me tell you a story.” They are back with me in an instant. I use the same strategy...

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