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...

Of course I’m on JDate. And yes, I’ve even gone out on quite a few JDates. Some nice, some duds, none for me. I go to Jewish singles events - it’s very important to me that my future husband be not only Jewish but a Jewishly active Jew - but there...

HOMAGE TO EDGAR ALLAN POE is the name that photographer Carol Shapiro selected for her exhibit at the St. Louis University Museum of Art on Lindell Boulevard, directly across the street from Pius XII Memorial Library. The photographs were all taken at...

Unlike last year, when U2’s 360º Tour dominated the summer concert landscape, 2012 lacks for a singular, must-see show. But that can be a good thing, too. Without having to take out a second mortgage for prime seats to a “can’t miss” concert,...

Ladies and Gentlemen  — in this one issue only — the Jewish Light brings you the all-singing, all-dancing 2012 Summer Arts Guide! We have for you a plethora of performances, perhaps more cultural events than ever before seen in the pages of this...

The Jewish Community Relations Council’s Norman A. Stack Community Relations Award will be presented to Timothy O’Leary, General Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, at its upcoming annual meeting in Clayton. The event takes place at 11:45 a.m....

Participation in the 33rd Annual St. Louis Senior Olympics spans the generations from the Baby Boomers to the Greatest Generation, ranging from hordes of 50-year-olds who finally reached the qualifying age to pairings of parents and their grown children...

CALLING ALL QUILTERS and everyone who cares about young girls. The Covering House, a place of refuge and restoration for girls 6 to 18 who have experienced sexual exploitation and trafficking in St. Louis, is sponsoring a “Quilt Blitz”. Their goal...

One recently published book that came across my desk is local radio maven Frank Absher’s “KMOX:  The Voice of St. Louis” (Arcadia Publishing, Images of America Series, $21.99). Absher himself was part of KMOX history, hosting such shows as “At...

Ben Novack wanted to honor the members of his family who have been affected by cancer.  Son of Debbie and Brian Novack of Westwood, Ben rode in Pedal the Cause, a fundraiser whose mission is to provide funding for cancer research and cancer discovery...

Everything came together all at once, a couple of years ago. My mom passed away. My son moved away. A beloved pet died. My ex-husband, my friend, talked about relocating. My husband’s state-government job was on the line again. And I could barely tolerate...