Jewish Family & Children's Service (JF&CS) is pleased to announce Rabbi Elizabeth Hersh has returned to the agency's Chaplaincy Program. She steps back into her position having recently spent several months in Australia. A former rabbi at United...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 21, 2011
It may have been 800 miles away but between making presentations, providing entertainment and meeting a sitting president of the United States, St. Louisans and the Gateway City played a big role in last week's Union of Reform Judaism Biennial in Washington...
United Hebrew Congregation will hold an eight-week Torah Yoga course from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Thursdays, beginning Jan. 12 in the Spielberg chapel. Maxine Mirowitz, RYT (Yoga Alliance Registered Yoga Teacher) makes classes accessible to both beginners...
By Rabbi Roxanne J.S. Shapiro
• Published December 14, 2011
A "ketonet passim" (ornamented tunic/striped tunic/robe of many colors) caused all this mess? Joseph was hated for this?It was not the tunic itself...but rather what it represented. Why should Joseph be blamed? He could not help that his father loved...
By Jennifer Rubin, Sophomore, Parkway Central
• Published December 14, 2011
One of the hardest, but most important parts of being a police officer is the training. Officers learn and participate in activities that include physical training, continuing education, driving tests, role-play and target practice. To become an officer,...
By Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published June 22, 2011
Saul H. Landa of East Brunswick, N. J., is a Jewish mother’s dream: he is both a rabbi and a dentist! He has also been a superb photographer of Jewish subjects for over 35 years, and he bring those talents to the fore in his just-published, handsome...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published June 8, 2011
To everything there is a season, says Rabbi Howard G. Kaplansky, and now the time has come for him to make the transition to rabbi emeritus at United Hebrew Congregation. "My favorite book in the Bible is Ecclesiastes," says Kaplansky, 68, "and the...
By Victoria Siegel, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 1, 2011
It took just a little over 48 hours for the staff and a few members of United Hebrew Congregation in Creve Coeur to respond to an urgent request from the sole synagogue in tornado-ravaged Joplin. Through the generosity of St. Louisans and the speed and...
By Victoria Siegel, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 1, 2011
A week after visiting Joplin to aid with recovery and rescue efforts following the tornado, Rabbi Yehuda Weg, of Chabad of Tulsa, still can't wrap his head around the devastation of the tornado that took at least 139 lives. "I've lived here for 24 years...
As rescue workers continue to search for survivors, Jewish Federation has opened a mailbox to provide emergency assistance to victims of the Joplin, Mo. tornado. Joplin has a small Jewish community of approximately 50 individuals. Its only synagogue,...
In a letter to the community, Jewish Federation of St. Louis Executive Vice President offered a summary of ways St. Louisans can help those affected by the devastating tornado in Joplin, Mo. The text of the letter follows: From: Barry Rosenberg Re:...
BY RABBI HOWARD KAPLANSKY
• Published April 27, 2011
We are told "Kedoshim tihyuh," "You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy." One rabbinic source stated that the words "you shall be holy" are an admonition "to strive for absolute human perfection." Respectfully, I offer a different perspective.Holy,...
