Hurry — you have only two weeks to nominate your Unsung Hero (hint: See the form on page 13 or online at www.stljewishlight.com/unsung).The St. Louis Jewish Light will honor exceptional community members with its fifth annual Unsung Heroes edition...
Thursday, Feb. 13Panel talk on decline of middle classThree St. Louis experts will examine what is happening to middle-class America in a program at 7 p.m. at the Ethical Society, 9001 Clayton Road. Panelists Mark Rank, professor of social welfare at...
By Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published June 27, 2012
To paraphrase Christopher Wren, if you seek the monuments in St. Louis with a Jewish connection, just look about you. In previous Cohnipedia columns, we have noted the Jewish connections to the statue of “The Runner” at Kiener Plaza (Jewish sculptor...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 20, 2012
As the year’s allocation process draws to a close, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis finds itself both tightening its belt and making changes to its funding model that may significantly affect the way money is doled out to the community in the future....
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published June 13, 2012
Irwin B. “Hefty” Hoffman, retired former president and co-owner of the Gale-Sobel clothing manufacturing firm and former chairman of the Jewish Federation Annual Campaign in the 1970s, died Thursday, June 7, 2012. He was 94 and had been a resident...
The St. Louis Jewish Light has announced a new multi-faceted event targeted to women business professionals, working women and entrepreneurs.The Jewish Light’s inaugural Women’s Networking Forum, sponsored by Midwest Vein Center, will be held from...
When John Preece takes the stage of the recently restored Peabody Opera House to star as Tevye in its production of “Fiddler on Roof, he will be at least the eighth major actor to portray that classic role on a St. Louis stage. Preece is also the first...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published April 4, 2012
Dorothy Solomon, for many years an admired “super-saleswoman” of the St. Louis Jewish Light, died “peacefully,” according to family members, on Friday, March 30, at Menorah Medical Center in Kansas City. She was 90 and had lived in Kansas City,...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 4, 2012
A whopping 1,889 pounds of fat have gone missing as a result of the second annual “Lighten Up Weight Loss Challenge,” an eight-week program sponsored by the St. Louis Jewish Light and the Jewish Community Center – and one family’s pride, enthusiasm...
The St. Louis Jewish Light is pleased to announce several additions to its staff. Julie Schack joins the Light as its new Sales Director, and oversees advertising in the publication’s print and electronic editions. Schack brings a wealth of sales experience...
By Lily Siwak, Clayton High School
• Published March 19, 2012
This year, the St. Louis Jewish Light has many exciting things in store. Along with our usual interesting stories, we are lucky to welcome another new face to the Ohr Chadash teen page. Elizabeth Tucker, co-founder of Alive magazine, is eager to join...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published March 14, 2012
Bigger. Better. Bolder. That’s the concept behind the second annual Festival of Jewish Life, set for March 18-25. The eight-day event will celebrate numerous aspects of Jewish life, among them music, movies, the arts and spirituality. The festival opens...
