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LOCAL | FLU SUSPENDS SESSION
There was a sense of excitement among the 90 percent of campers expected to return to Camp Sabra on its scheduled reopening of Tuesday, June 30. An outbreak of the H1N1 ("swine flu") virus forced the residential camp of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) to close down for a week. The 10 percent who were not returning had issues due to the timing rather than fear of the virus, said Margaret Schatz, JCC Director of Marketing and Communications. full story >
LOCAL | B'NAI TORAH AND CRC TURN 25
Twenty-five years ago, two groups of people met to create two Reform synagogues in the St. Louis area. One group headed east; the other group went west. And from these two separate groups the geographical landscape of the St. Louis Jewish community was extended further than it had ever been before. full story >
LOCAL | ELDERLINK PROGRAM LAUNCHES
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LOCAL | CENTRAL AGENCY FOR JEWISH EDUCATION
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LOCAL | ROBERT A. COHN
Only Richard Nixon may have recorded more conversations than Robert A. Cohn. And that's just possibly. Anyone in the St. Louis Jewish community who has been interviewed by Cohn – and by best guestimates the number tops 6,000 — is familiar with the journalist's old-school tape recorder. full story >
LOCAL | ISRAELI AGENCY STAFFER VISITS ST. LOUIS
With so much of the news regarding Israel focused on terrorism, conflicts and the general violence in the explosive Middle East, many Americans do not realize that there is much more to the Jewish State than is reflected in daily headlines. MAKOM, the Israel Engagement Network, seeks to help communicate "Israel in all its complexities, and to encourage open discussion about issues of agreement and disagreement." full story >
SPOTLIGHT | 'Whetever Works'
The title of Woody Allen's new comedy, Whatever Works, almost sounds like a wish for the kind of magic touch filmmaking the writer/director once seemed to possess in abundance. This time, the magic mostly does work, with Larry David of HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm as a curmudgeonly, egotistical New York academic who becomes involved with an unassuming, beautiful young woman originally from the Deep South. full story >
SPOTLIGHT | THE JEWISH MUSEUM
His paintings are even more astonighing than the fact that he first started them at the age of 73. They Called Me Mayer July: Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood Before the Holocaust is Mayer Kirshenblatt's colorful account of his life growing up in Opatow (Apt in Yiddish), Poland before he emigrated to Canada in 1934 at the age of 17. The mesmerizing collection is now on exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York City through October 1. full story >
MONEYWISE | JEFF LEFTON
Jeff Lefton, 52, long has been one of the area's leading magicians. Today, his office is housed in Crestwood Mall with more than four dozen other artists. From there, his company, Abra-Kid-Abra (www.abradkid.com) offers classes in magic, puppetry, balloon twisting, comedy and circus acts. full story >
LOCAL | JEWISH LIGHT
The Jewish Light is partnering with the Jewish Federation's Jewishinstlouis.org to offer one central, onlien community calendar. As of June 30, 2009, the Jewish Light will discontinue using the "PlanItJewish" online event calendar service. The "calendar" link on the Jewish Light's website will direct readers to the online community calendar of Jewishinstlouis.org. full story >
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