On Friday, May 20, Gail Lang did something she had waited to do for 50 years — walk at her college graduation ceremony.
There she was, replete in cap and gown, at the age of 71, walking with roughly 50 members of Washington University’s Class of...
Leslie McCarthy and Jordan Palmer
• Published March 27, 2022
As a student designer in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Jillian Shatken, BFA ’07, never aspired to be the head of a fashion label. But if her time at Washington University taught her anything, it’s that when a creative opportunity...
Holocaust Survivor Eva Perlman will share her extraordinary life story at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. Her talk is hosted by Hillel at Washington University and the Hillel Leadership Council in commemoration of Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass). ...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published November 16, 2018
During a recent trip to the West Bank, Kedar Bell and other Washington University students traveled to Ramallah to meet with a Palestinian Authority official. “He was being very hospitable,” Bell, a sophomore, recalls. “I don’t know if that was...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published May 4, 2017
An exhibit last week at Washington University produced by a controversial group of former Israeli soldiers led some Jewish students to accuse the campus Hillel of stifling critical views of Israel. Hillel at Washington University in St. Louis declined...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published March 15, 2017
A man of many titles, Dr. Charles A. Goldfarb specializes in hand and wrist surgery, striving for “functional and aesthetic outcomes” in patients with injured arms, wrists and hands. “We don’t always appreciate our bodies until we lose the capacity...
Hillel at Washington University is among 10 campuses nationwide selected to participate in Hillel International's "Excellence Accelerator" program. This is the pilot year of the program, which will provide increased resources designed to support campus...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published February 22, 2017
A survivor’s storyWho knew? Before last week, I had no idea Anne Frank, of diarist fame, had a living stepsister.But there I was Thursday night, at Chabad on Campus at Washington University, enjoying conversation with 87-year-old Eva Schloss, a Holocaust...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published February 15, 2017
People, especially the young and women, have replaced oil as the greatest asset in the Middle East, according to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley. Albright and Hadley, co-chairs of the Middle...
By Dale Singer, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published February 8, 2017
With four grandparents who survived the horrors of Nazi Germany, Rachel Berger is no stranger to the stories from the Holocaust.And when she came to Washington University from New York City, she was one of 13 students who took an intensive freshman class...
Gladys and Henry Crown Center for Senior Living will mark its 50th anniversary in 2017. To celebrate the milestone, Crown Center has planned a gala event at 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6 at Washington University’s Hillman Hall. The gala will commemorate Crown...
Sunday’s night’s second presidential debate at Washington University, like much of the entire campaign, was filled with rancor, vitriol, disrespect and an utter lack of civility — except for one surprising shining moment. An audience member, Karl...
