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LOCAL | Congregations
Two of St. Louis' three area Conservative congregations are exploring a possible merger, according to the presidents of both Shaare Zedek Synagogue and Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel. full story >
LOCAL | STATE LEGISLATURE
 A challenging budgetary environment is expected to cast a long shadow over the new Missouri legislative session that opened earlier this month, according to both Jewish advocacy groups and area legislators. full story >
LOCAL | NEW magazine
 The Jewish Light is pleased to celebrate the addition of its fourth magazine by recognizing Unsung Heroes in our community. Do you know people in our Jewish community who maybe aren't regularly in the headlines, but are nevertheless making a big impact on the St. Louis region? How about those in the broader community who have made a substantial contribution to the Jewish community? full story >
LOCAL | FUNDRAISERS
 Since a 7.0 earthquake struck Haiti on Jan. 12, the devastation of the island nation has been front and center in the news. "Even the little ones are aware," said Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg of United Hebrew Congregation in Chesterfield. "I hear them saying they saw Haiti on television or in the newspaper." full story >
LOCAL | FORMER SECRETARY OF LABOR VISITS
 There are two things one cannot help noticing about Robert B. Reich, the former Secretary of Labor and a leading economist: He is extremely small physically, and he is extremely large intellectually. full story >
THEATER | Q&A
 There are many reasons why Steve Woolf, artistic director of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis wanted to direct "The Diary of Anne Frank," but perhaps the most compelling, he says, is that "it's a terrific story that needs to be told." full story >
NEWS AND SCHMOOZE | ELLEN FUTTERMAN
Carol Denker had had it with dating. Married and divorced three times, she assumed she would be living out her golden years alone. And that was fine with her. full story >
LOCAL | JEWISH LIGHT CONTEST
The Jewish Light is sponsoring a Kugel Cook-off contest and we want you to enter. All you need to do is submit your favorite kugel recipe – either sweet or savory or your own special concoction – and email it to efutterman@thejewishlight.com, typing "kugel recipe" in the subject line. Or you can mail it to Ellen Futterman, c/o St. Louis Jewish Light, 6 Millstone Campus Dr., Suite 3010, St. Louis, Mo. 63146. All entries must be received by 5 p.m. Feb. 19. full story >
D'VAR TORAH | PARASHAT YITRO
 "Search the depths of your own heart and you will find the Torah; Search the depths of the Torah and you will find your own heart!" — Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi full story >
LOIS CAPLAN | 'KIDS WITH ASTHMA CAN'
READY READERS and Beatrix Potter's "Peter Rabbit" are a perfect pair, especially for young readers. Ready Readers is an award-winning, non-sectarian, not-for-profit Missouri Corporation that inspires pre-school children from low-income communities to become readers by sending trained volunteers to read aloud every week at the same time and place to the same pre-school children. At least six or seven times a year the kids receive new books, which have been read to them and which they may take home. Some 450 volunteers are now reading weekly to 6,500 low-income preschoolers in 105 Head Start and similar programs. One of those books will be "A Tale of Peter Rabbit." full story >
TRAVEL | Oy Canada
 Jews have always been travelers. Need proof? Just look to the Bible for starters. As time went on, our wanderlust continued, as we discovered and settled new worlds. For instance, at least seven of us sailed to America with Christopher Columbus on his legendary 1492 Atlantic crossing, accidentally discovering the New World. Rodrigo de Triana was the first to sight land, (although Columbus later claimed credit). Maestre Bernal operated as the expedition's physician and Luis de Torres as interpreter — he spoke Hebrew and Arabic — was believed to be useful in their intended destination, the Orient. full story >
GODSEND | BY LEAH HAKIMIAN
Tolstoy wouldn't have approved. In his classic "Anna Karenina" he wrote that parents should let young people alone arrange the matters of marriage as they think best. full story >
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