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Bill Motchan is a contributing writer and photographer for the St. Louis Jewish Light.

“I just like building things,” said the semi-retired, 70-year-old, St. Louis resident, and figuring out “how does this go together, and what kind of detail do I need for that?”
The 18-year-old will be the youngest member of the U.S. men’s basketball team competing in Israel this summer at the 2025 Maccabi Games.
Frank Yawitz crashed with his crew in England aboard a U.S. Army twin-engine B-26 bomber 11 months before the end of World War II.
A group of nine teenagers from a St. Louis day school in grades five through eight advanced to an elite robotics competition.
Oskar Jacob, 94, will sit alongside the granddaughter of one of the designers of the V-1 bomb and discuss their shared history at an event in St. Louis.
A Jewish immigrant from Poland, she was an excellent cook, a savvy entrepreneur and a philanthropist who supported Jewish organizations.
“Hats are one of those unique fashion items where they don’t go out of style,” said Lance Levine. “I was watching ‘The Godfather’ the other night, and I thought, ‘We still have those same hats!’”
Cantor Abbie Strauss belted out “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a pre-season game between the Minnesota Twins and the St. Louis Cardinals in Florida.
Lee Wielansky, at 72 the oldest amateur golfer in the 156-man field, hit ’em straight to take home the trophy from the PGA Tour event in California.