By Jessica Farber Igielnik and Malissa Shaw
• Published October 26, 2016
In March of 1965, thousands of protesters marched from Selma, Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery to fight for full voting rights and participation in the democratic process. Our country was in the midst of political, moral, and ethical turmoil. Dr....
By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 19, 2016
There are 166,000 personalized license plates in Missouri, but there’s only one MOHEL. Fittingly, it belongs to an actual mohel, Rabbi Mike Rovinsky.Rovinsky first had MOHEL license plates when he was based in Texas. He got Missouri MOHEL plates when...
By Eric Berger, STAFF WRITER
• Published October 5, 2016
Former Israeli president and prime minster Shimon Peres, who died at the age of 93 on Sept. 28, had a global profile as prominent as any leader from the Jewish State. That included recognition in the St. Louis Jewish community. Then serving as Israeli’s...
For a study of the history and culture of the St. Louis Jewish Preventorium (1920s-1940s), St. Louis Jewish Community archivist Diane Everman is seeking interviews with persons who attended the St. Louis Jewish Preventorium on Fee Fee Road. The interviews...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published February 24, 2016
A series of scary incidents over the last few weeks in the St. Louis Jewish community as well as in Jewish communities elsewhere have forced local organizations and institutions to test their security plans.Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School in Creve...
