A Movement Reborn: From Dr. Martin Luther King to Mr. Floyd – June McAllister Fowler
We remember and honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At this pivotal point in our nation’s discussion on racial equity, please join June McAllister Fowler, Senior Vice President Communications, Marketing and Public Affairs, BJC HealthCare, as she presents, “A Movement Reborn: From Dr. Martin Luther King to Mr. Floyd.” To view this Zoom recording first...
Farming for Food Justice in St. Louis – Arielle Wright
Arielle Wright Ph.D., Education and Community Engagement Coordinator of Urban Harvest STL, will join us to talk about her organization, which is part of the larger movement for food justice in St. Louis. In collaboration with its partners Fit and Food Connection, Urban League of St. Louis, North Newstead Association and Finance Learning Center, Urban...
Maximizing Optimal Health and Resilience – Dr. Sheryl Spitzer-Resnick
Dr. Sheryl Spitzer-Resnick discusses how minimizing inflammation through diet, stress reduction and supplementation for nutrition deficiencies can help one to achieve optimal health and resilience. Dr. Spitzer-Resnick is a graduate of Harvard Medical School, who, after working in family medicine for 25 years, now specializes in natural hormone replacement, as well as integrative and functional medicine....
Virtual Tour of the Special Exhibition at SLAM – Bill Sitzer
Through transformative moments throughout history, artists have produced insightful and thought-provoking images reflecting their times that continue to have a lasting impact. The Saint Louis Art Museum’s current special exhibition, Storm of Progress: German Art After 1800, highlights the history of German art from Romanticism to the fall of the Berlin Wall, including its industrialization, national unification,...
Zoom Tips Training Refresher presented by Delta Sigma Pi, Professional Business Fraternity at ASU!
Get comfortable with Zoom and learn how you can more fully participate in Zoom programs and events! This recording is a Zoom Tips Training refresher, with some advanced tips! This program will review features of Zoom that allow you to participate in the Chat, Thumbs Up, Mute/Unmute, Open Video, Change Background and more. We will use breakout rooms to...
Virtual Tour of Grand Center, St. Louis – Dr. Gary Ratkin
Gary Ratkin, a retired hematology oncologist, whose interest in architectural history led him to become a tour guide for Grand Center in 2012. Gary’s virtual tour of Grand Center uses his photography, historical photographs and research material from the National Historic Register to explore the background, history and exciting new developments of the St. Louis...
Art Talk on Drinking – Dale Sharon
From tankards to teapots, from coffee cups to chocolate pots, drinking was and is an art! The containers which hold these drinks have had and still have a place of prominence in the world of art. The act of drinking has been honored with beautiful accoutrements in every culture. They are not only table treasures,...
Musical Theater Group – Judy Newmark
For a preview of one of our Special Interest Groups you can watch this recorded Zoom program of The Musical Theater Group hosted by Judith Newmark, the former long-time Theater Critic of the St. Louis-Post Dispatch which is held at 2pm on the third Wednesday of each month. To see the Zoom recording click read more...
The Movie Group – Bob Cohn
Bob Cohn, Editor-In-Chief Emeritus of the St. Louis Jewish Light and movie reviewer and film aficionado presented a talk on FDR and the Jews – Good, Bad or Mixed? This program is provided in conjunction with FEL (Friends Enjoying Life), an organization supported by the Mirowitz Center. Future Movie Group programs are scheduled in 2021. Please check the...
The State of Women’s Sports Coverage – Howard Megdal
Zoom program with Howard Megdal, editor-in-chief of The Next: A women’s basketball newsroom and the founder of the women’s sports newsletter THE IX. Howard covers basketball, baseball and other sports for news outlets from FiveThirtyEight to the New York Times and has published five books. This program is perfect for anyone with an appetite for great sports coverage! To view the Zoom...
What We Talk About When We Talk About Hebrew (And What It Means to Americans) – Nancy Berg
Nancy Berg, awardee of the National Jewish Book Award and Washington University professor, discusses her book, What We Talk About When We Talk About Hebrew (And What It Means to Americans). Explorethe changing perspective of American Jews to the study of Hebrew and the extent to which this is a reflection of American Jewry’s changing identity and...
Food for the Holidays with Father Dom!
Everybody finds time to bake for the holidays, whether it’s Hanukkah, Kwaanza or Christmas! On December 3 at 2 pm, Fr. Dominic Garramone OSB, “The Bread Monk” and host of the Cooking Show “Breaking Bread with Father Dominic,” which aired on PBS from 1999 to 2001, will share his recipes for Sufganiyot (donuts), Fruited Sweet Potato Bread and...
Wrapping Up the Cardinals and the MLB 2020 Season – Ben Hochman
Let’s “root, root, root” for the Redbirds! Join us as St. Louis Post-Dispatch sports columnist Ben Hochman reviews the Cardinals’ and MLB’s 2020 season and previews what to expect in 2021! This program is provided in conjunction with FEL (Friends Enjoying Life), an organization supported by the Mirowitz Center. To view the recorded program click read more, then...
Jewish Community of St. Louis: 1890 – 1929 with Diane Everman
Diane Everman Ph.D., Archivist of the St. Louis Jewish Community Archives, will discuss her book, Jewish Community of St. Louis: 1890 – 1929. The book, which is part of the Images of America series, is a photographic collection that captures the St. Louis Jewish community at the turn of the 19th and early 20th centuries. To view the program...
Immigration and Protecting Our Border – Gene McNary
Gene McNary, former St. Louis County Executive and Director of INS, on “Immigration and Protecting Our Border.” This program is provided in conjunction with FEL (Friends Enjoying Life), an organization supported by the Mirowitz Center. To view this program recording click read more, then click here.
Time & Stress Management Strategies for Challenging Times – Jill Farmer
Jill Farmer, author, Emmy Award winning TV journalist, and now a master certified time and stress management coach! Jill will provide fresh time and stress management tools to help get you back on track during these challenging times! To view the program recording click read more, then click here.
Tech Tutor Program
Need Help with Using Technology? The Tech Tutor Program is for you!
Post-Election Reflections – Gabe Fleisher
The Mirowitz Center welcomes back Gabe Fleisher to present his post-election reflections! Gabe is the author of Wake Up To Politics, a daily political newsletter and the host of the Wake Up To Politics Podcast, a partnership with St. Louis Public Radio. Click here to view the recording.
COVID or FLU? – Dr. Kaori Sakurai
Dr. Kaori Sakurai, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science. Dr. Sakurai is one of a number of distinguished geriatric primary care doctors associated with the Washington University Geriatric Primary Care practice located in the Mirowitz Center at Covenant Place. With the onset of winter and flu...
Musical Memories of the Concentration Camps – Phyllis Hyken
Musicologist and teacher Phyllis Hyken provided a presentation on musical memories of the Concentration Camps. Music was the one source of temporary escape inside the gates of Auschwitz. All kinds of composers, singers and musicians were among the imprisoned, and the amount of music created in the camps was vast. This talk introduces some of that...
Navigating the Medicare Maze – J. Berg & Associates
J. Berg & Associates has been specializing in the insurance needs of seniors since Medicare’s inception. Diane Finnestead, a trusted member of the company’s team, will present easy ways for you to navigate the Medicare maze during the Annual Enrollment Period and beyond. Program information will be helpful for those already on Medicare and those...
Dementia Care Strategies in the Time of COVID-19 – Jan Fabick
Join Jan Fabick from Memory Care Home Solutions, who support people living with dementia and family care partners and work to extend and improve quality time at home for people affected by dementia. Jan will share dementia care strategies in the time of COVID. Click here to view the recording.
Cybersecurity In Today’s World – Jarrett Kolthoff
Jarrett Kolthoff, a former Counterintelligence Special Agent and the Founder/CEO of SpearTip. Jarrett’s company is a cyber-counterintelligence firm that protects the environments of its client’s across the globe through SpearTip’s 24/7 Security Operations Center. Jarrett’s civil casework includes investigations of Chinese cyber espionage, Russian extortion, hostile corporate takeovers, rogue IT personnel, hacktivists, international wire fraud and ransomware...
Art Talk on Forgeries – Dale Sharon
The Mirowitz Center will be hosting an art talk around every six weeks by Dale Sharon. The October topic will be forgeries. Come learn about how some forgers are extraordinarily talented artists in their own right, while some are just scoundrels. Whether schemers, geniuses or both, their stories are fascinating, as are the stories of...
Cancer: Balancing Reality and Hope – Alan Spector
It is likely that over the course of our lifetime, we will be touched by cancer, either as a patient or as a loving caregiver. At a time when it is difficult to do so, we must summon the wherewithal to acknowledge and act on our news, hope for the future, and struggle to balance...
Some Jews Get Along and Some Don’t – Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman
Rabbi Stiffman, the Rabbi Emeritus of Congregation Shaare Emeth, will trace his congregation’s movement of German Jews up the “Golden Strip” of Lindell Blvd., then Trinity at Delmar, then Ladue and Ballas with that of the more traditional congregations of East European Jews coming up in north St. Louis. Along the way, he will share interesting...
Older Adult Medication Class – Amanda Ruback
As we age, the number and types of medications we take increase. Between prescription medicines, over-the-counter medications, supplements or vitamins, it is no wonder that keeping all this straight can be a challenge! On October 21 at 10 am, join Amanda Ruback, the Community Outreach Coordinator at the Missouri Poison Center, for an educational program about...
Lessons Learned at Hadassah During the COVID-19 Pandemic – Professor Vernon van Heerden
The COVID-19 pandemic that has swept the world had different responses and different impacts in different countries. Initially a model for addressing COVID, Israel has since experienced a second wave and grapples to minimize its impact and effects. At the epicenter of the fight against COVID in Israel is Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem. View this recording...
The Impacts of Aging – Judy Smith
While loneliness is a common syndrome of aging, in a time of isolation and safe distancing it takes on a different dimension for everyone — and especially for older members of the population cut off from family, friends and community. Judy Smith Ph.D., Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Program at the Goldfarb School of Nursing, whose...
Safely Navigating the Coronavirus – Rebecca Phoenix, BBB
Rebecca Phoenix, Investigator & Director of Strategic Programs at the Better Business Bureau, will discuss Safely Navigating the Coronavirus. Businesses and consumers are navigating new ways to interact safely during the pandemic. The challenges of this new normal have created opportunities for businesses to innovate and for people in the community to be at their best. But it also...
Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg – Judge Susan Block
Retired Circuit Judge Susan Block, as she pays tribute to the remarkable life of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Judge Block will reflect on the legacy of this extraordinary woman who was the second woman and first Jewish woman to be appointed as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Click here to view the Zoom...
Zoom Tips Training – Sponsored by Delta Sigma Pi Professional Business Fraternity
Would you like to understand the features of Zoom that allow you to participate in the Chat, Thumbs Up, Mute/Unmute, Open Video, Change Background and more? Take advantage of this interactive learning opportunity! Get comfortable with Zoom and learn how you can more fully participate in Zoom programs and events! Click here to view the program.
The Lost World of African-American Cantors (1920 to 1953) with Henry Sapoznik
Henry Sapoznik, an award winning producer, musicologist, performer and writer in the fields of traditional and popular Yiddish and American music and culture, discusses the lost world of the African-American Cantor: 1920-1953. The history of Black-Jewish cultural interaction has always included how Jews adopted and adapted Black music (ragtime, jazz, swing, R&B, blues, etc.), as performers, promoters,...
Multi-faith Perspectives on Repentance and Redemption
The weeks culminating with the High Holidays, Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), is a time for reflection, introspection, and repentance for Jewish people. However, the concepts of repentance and redemption are common across many faith traditions. In the spirit of the season, the Mirowitz Center and the Interfaith Partnership...
Sports in 2020 with Benjamin Hochman
2020 is proving to be a unique year in so many ways, including changes to our favorite sports! On September 10th at 10 am, Benjamin Hochman, noted author and Sports Columnist for the St. Louis Post Dispatch, discusses what’s happening with the Cardinals, Blues, the NFL and more, and provides reflection on 2020’s place in sports...
The Role of the Jewish Federation and How the Community is Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Brian Herstig
Only a few weeks after Brian Herstig began his tenure as the new President & CEO of the Jewish Federation of St. Louis, the first effects of the COVID pandemic began impacting the health system, job market, and the lives and livelihood of us all. On September 2, at 2 pm, please join us for...
COVID-19: Where We Have Been – Where We Are Going – Dr. Terri Rebmann
This is a timely video presentation on COVID-19 with Professor Terri Rebmann, the Director of the Institute for Biosecurity at the College for Public Health and Social Justice at Saint Louis University. Professor Rebmann will look at how the pandemic started, has evolved and how it might play out. This program was provided in conjunction with FEL...
Boycotts and the Jews – Russel Neiss
Russel Neiss, a Jewish educator, technologist and activist and a 2020 recipient of the Covenant Award, one of the highest honors in the field of Jewish education, who will discuss boycotts and the Jews, examining the 1902 Kosher Meat Boycott, the anti-Nazi global Jewish boycott of the 1930’s and the 1975 American Jewish boycott of...
The National Political Scene and the Election – David Robertson
Dr. David Robertson, professor and chair of the UMSL Department of Political Science, is a sought after speaker and consultant on political topics and has made many appearances on radio and television. He has authored books and articles concerning political issues. David will discuss our national political landscape and the upcoming presidential election. This program is provided in conjunction...
Hail Hail U City High (Zoom Recording)
Join local author Alan Spector as he discusses his books Hail Hail to U City High: A Boomer High School Class – Then, Now and Next and University City Schools: our First Hundred Years. This free Zoom presentation, brought to you by the Mirowitz Center, will invite reminiscences about University City High School over the years and discuss...
Reflections and Insights of a Police Chaplain
The Mirowitz Center is pleased to present Rabbi Mark L. Shook, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Israel and the Coordinating Chaplain of the St. Louis County Police Chaplaincy, in a free Zoom presentation (Click Here), as he shares his insights working with St. Louis County Police Officers and responding to the recent civil unrest. You won’t want...
The Talk: 5 ways Seniors can benefit from having an Alexa in their home
A conversation about engaged living for seniors “Alexa, play Blue Suede Shoes by Elvis”. “Alexa, what is the temperature outside today?” “Alexa, what was the score of the St. Louis Cardinals game last night?” There are so many questions that Alexa, the Dot or Echo systems that responds to voice commands in one’s home. These...
The Talk: 5 ways Seniors can make new friends and avoid isolation
As a conversation about engaged living for seniors, the topic of Senior Isolation has been getting a great deal of attention lately. In fact, the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) Foundation identified certain factors that increase the risk of becoming isolated. Some of those include living along, losing a close family member or retiring.