BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published August 17, 2016
The Jewish community in Mexico City is not large, Dr. Mauricio Lisker-Melman says, but growing up in the middle of it, he was always aware that it wielded great influence. “There are only about 40,000 Jews in one of the biggest cities in the world,...
The role of biological indicators, or biomarkers, in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease will be discussed at the annual Alzheimer’s Research Update at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at the Jewish Community Center in Creve Coeur. Local...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published December 21, 2011
Sometimes, the smallest things can change your life in profound ways. For Dr. Brian and Amy Gage of Clayton, it was a short email telling of a 5-year-old from the Dominican Republic who needed a place to stay in St. Louis. The email was sent three years...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published May 25, 2011
Dr. Gustav Schonfeld, a survivor of the Holocaust who went on to a successful and admired career as a physician, professor and former head of the Washington University Department of Medicine, died Saturday, May 21, at the Sloan Kettering Cancer Center...
By Ellen F. Harris, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 18, 2011
There are accomplished people, there are successful people, and then there is Guido Weiss. He speaks six languages fluently, is most comfortable in the wilderness, makes "the world's best pizza," and at the age of 82, plays tennis five times a week including...
BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 21, 2011
You may know that Dr. Ira J. Kodner founded the Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery at the Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. You may know that he was named Physician of the Year by the St. Louis Crohn's and Colitis Foundation....
HOPE HAPPENS FOR PEOPLE WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS at the 7th annual Evening of Hope, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12 at the Sheldon, 3648 Washington Boulevard. The event is hosted by Hope Happens, which financially supports the Hope Center for Neurological...
