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LOCAL | U.S. DISTRICT COURT
A federal judge has ruled that the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDOC) must provide kosher meals to a Missouri prison inmate who identifies himself as Jewish. full story >
LOCAL | SHARING THE SEDER
For most of the fifth grade students that walked off the yellow school bus in front of the Saul Mirowitz Day School — Reform Jewish Academy last week, it was their first visit to a Jewish Day School. full story >
LOCAL | PROFILE
B'nai El's temple administrator Susan Baseley is a one woman powerhouse: she does it all. full story >
LOCAL | NEW TRADITIONS
Some local congregations have old, newer and brand new traditions to bring the community together at Pesach. Of course there were many synagogue-sponsored second seders. But the fun actually began before the first seder at some congregations. full story >
LOCAL | DIPLOMAT'S ASSESSMENT
As Israel nears its 60th anniversary as an independent modern nation-state, it faces both challenges and opportunities in a transformed Middle East, in which Arab states are no longer the major influences on events, according to Dr. Andy David, deputy consul general of Israel to the Midwest. In a major address convened and coordinated by the Jewish Community Relations Council, and co-sponsored by the American Jewish Committee, the American Jewish Congress, the Anti-Defamation League, NA'AMAT USA and the St. Louis Chapter of Hadassah, David maintained that "four non-Arab states — the United States, Turkey, Iran and Israel — are the major influences on the Middle East," and that the age of the dominance of the politics and diplomacy of the region by Egypt or other Arab states is essentially over. full story >
SPOTLIGHT | 'STILL WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS'
Louis Daniel Brodsky is both a great Jewish poet as well as a great poet who is Jewish. There's a difference. Some Jewish poets remain confined in a Jewish matrix of expression, while other poets who are Jewish seldom or never explore their Jewishness in their work. Over the past 25 years, the exceptionally accomplished and prolific St. Louis poet, Louis Daniel Brodsky, has grappled with both Jewish and general, personal and universal themes with equal skill and sensitivity. Still Wandering in the Wilderness: Poems of the Jewish Diaspora, brings together a quarter of a century of Brodsky's best writing that is specifically focused on Jewish themes. full story >
LOCAL | RETT SYNDROME
Parents have high hopes and dreams for their children. They think about them long before the kids even appear. So what happens when those dreams are shattered by a diagnosis of a unique neurodevelopmental disorder that will require maximum assistance with every aspect of the child's daily living for the rest of her shortened life? full story >
LOCAL | COMMUNICATIONS AWARDS
David Lipman, former managing editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Joan Lee Berkman, book co-author and manager of a public relations and marketing consulting firm, and both members of the local Jewish community, were among the honorees at the 27th Annual Virginia Betts White Quest Awards, for distinguished achievement in communications, sponsored by the Missouri Professional Comunicators, an affiliate of the National Federation of Press Women. Over 200 journalists, communications professionals, family members and friends attended the awards luncheon at Ces & Judy's in Le Chateau Village. full story >
LOCAL | EVENT
"Broken Glass, Shattered Lives: The 70th Anniversary of Kristallnacht" is the theme of the 2008 St. Louis Yom HaShoah Commemor-ation being held on May 1 at United Hebrew Congregation. full story >
LOCAL | MAY 3-8
Kaleidoscope Israel, the St. Louis Jewish community's year-long celebration of "the ever-changing spectrum of Israel at 60, will present KaleidoFest, a festival dedicated to the enjoyment and appreciation of Israeli culture, science, food, entertainment and art," according to an announcement by Kaleidoscope Israel co-chairs, Diane and Paul Gallant, their children Steve and Amy Gallant and grandsons Richie and Tommy Gallant, along with Rabbi Brad Horwitz, director of the Helene Mirowitz Department of Jewish Community Life at the Jewish Community Center, which is organizing and hosting the events from May 3-8 on the Millstone Campus. Sue Lesser is the lay chair of KaleidoFest. full story >
LOCAL | TRADITIONS
The clinking of plastic is interspersed with a spirited patter of fierce competitors: "Hurry up!" "This is not a hand!" "They're killing me today. I quit!" full story >
CAPITOL BEAT | KIT WAGAR
JEFFERSON CITY — In a legislative session dominated by parochial issues, some Missouri lawmakers are trying to move beyond restrictions on abortion rights to impeding access to certain types of birth control. full story >
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