Ken Spetner

Research

Sources

Everything this site says about Ken is footnoted to one of the sources below. Each online source also links to an archived copy, in case the original page moves or disappears.

Primary sources

  1. “The Scrip, June 1937”, Soldan High School, St. Louis, June 1937. slcl.recollectcms.com (archived)
  2. “The Archive, 1939”, Saint Louis University, 1939. archive.org (Internet Archive copy)
  3. “Ensign Ken Spetner on graduation from the Harvard Naval Officers School, 1943 (photograph, with inscription on the reverse)”, Spetner family collection, 1943. Held by the Spetner family.
  4. “Ken Spetner with Rabbi Herschel Schacter at Guantánamo Bay, 1944 (photograph, with inscription on the reverse)”, Spetner family collection, 1944. Held by the Spetner family.
  5. “Passover Seder for Navy personnel, Guantánamo City, Cuba, 1944 (photograph, with inscription on the reverse)”, Spetner family collection, 1944. Held by the Spetner family.
  6. “Lt. Ken Spetner at the pulpit, Purim, Guantánamo Bay, 16 March 1946 (photograph, with inscription on the reverse)”, Spetner family collection, 16 March 1946. Held by the Spetner family.
  7. K. Spetner, Officer-in-Charge, “‘Goodbye’: Supply Department memorandum, U.S. Naval Operating Base, Guantánamo Bay”, Spetner family collection, 29 March 1946. Held by the Spetner family.
  8. Kenneth Spetner, “Letter to the editor”, National Jewish Post & Opinion, 23 October 1959. archive.org (Internet Archive copy)
  9. “Standard American directory listing: Young Israel Youth Center, St. Louis”, 1960. archive.org (Internet Archive copy)
  10. “Groundbreaking for the first Delmar Gardens nursing home, University City, 1961 (photograph, with inscription on the reverse)”, Spetner family collection, 1961. Held by the Spetner family.
  11. “Young Israel of St. Louis Purim Carnival, Rita and Ken Spetner co-chairmen (photograph, with inscription on the reverse)”, Spetner family collection, 19 March 1961. Held by the Spetner family.
  12. “St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 26 March 1961”, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 26 March 1961. archive.org (Internet Archive copy)
  13. “American Synagogue Directory”, 1963. archive.org (Internet Archive copy)
  14. “Torah Umesorah dinner: Moses Feuerstein, Ken Spetner and Irving M. Bunim (photograph, with inscription on the reverse)”, Spetner family collection, 1964. Held by the Spetner family.
  15. “What kind of a man sells for Occidental? (Occidental Life advertisement)”, Sports Illustrated, 27 November 1972. archive.org (Internet Archive copy)
  16. “Education Directory, Higher Education 1975–76: changes in chief executive officers”, U.S. Office of Education, 1976. archive.org (Internet Archive copy)
  17. “American Jewish Organizations Directory”, 1978. archive.org (Internet Archive copy)
  18. Who's Who in American Jewry, 1980, Standard Who’s Who, 1980. archive.org (Internet Archive copy)
  19. Seth Mandell, “About 500 full-time students study with Ohr Somayach”, The Canadian Jewish News, 3 January 1980. archive.org (Internet Archive copy)
  20. “Ken Spetner addressing the convention of Agudath Israel of America, Rye, N.Y., 1985 (photograph, with inscription on the reverse)”, Spetner family collection, 1985. Held by the Spetner family.
  21. “Chinuch Atzmai dinner, New York, 1993, at which Ken Spetner was honoured (photograph, with inscription on the reverse)”, Spetner family collection, 1993. Held by the Spetner family.
  22. Kenneth Spetner, “Letter acknowledging a contribution to the St. Louis Kollel”, Spetner family collection, 28 July 1993. Held by the Spetner family.
  23. Dare Something Worthy: The Ken Spetner Story, Transamerica, 1994. youtube.com (archived)
  24. “Am Echad organizing committee”, The Jerusalem Post, 22 May 1998. archive.org (Internet Archive copy)
  25. “Siyum on Meseches Shabbos, Har Nof, Jerusalem, 7 June 2000 (photograph, with inscription on the reverse)”, Spetner family collection, 7 June 2000. Held by the Spetner family.
  26. “Spetner, Kenneth (death notice)”, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 13 September 2005. legacy.com (archived)
  27. “The Jerusalem Post, 13 September 2005 (death notices)”, The Jerusalem Post, 13 September 2005. archive.org (Internet Archive copy)
  28. “Ken Spetner at the 54th National Convention of Agudath Israel of America (photograph)”, Spetner family collection. Held by the Spetner family.
  29. “Presentation of the UOJCA National Youth Leadership Award to Kenneth Spetner (photograph)”, Spetner family collection. Held by the Spetner family.
  30. “Presenting a plaque in memory of Shalom Yitzchak and Shifra Rivka Raskas, Zichron Moshe Synagogue, Jerusalem (photograph, with inscription on the reverse)”, Spetner family collection. Held by the Spetner family.

Secondary sources

  1. Building the Navy's Bases in World War II, Chapter 18: Bases in the Caribbean Area, Bureau of Yards and Docks, 1947. ibiblio.org (archived)
  2. Robert A. Cohn, “Matriarch, longtime volunteer dies”, St. Louis Jewish Light, 22 August 2006. stljewishlight.org
  3. Paul Hackbarth, “Young Israel celebrates 70 years”, St. Louis Jewish Light, 2007. stljewishlight.org (archived)
  4. Mordechai Simon, “Aish HaTorah’s early roots”, St. Louis Jewish Light, 28 May 2009. stljewishlight.org (archived)
  5. “Rav Yitzchok Kleiman zt”l”, Matzav, 2012. matzav.com (archived)
  6. Harold Redsun, “A sailor remembers High Holidays in 1946 in Guantanamo, Cuba”, J. The Jewish News of Northern California, 24 September 2019. jweekly.com (archived)
  7. Rabbi Shraga Simmons, “Rabbi Kalman Packouz zt”l: Giant of Kindness and Innovation”, Aish, 20 November 2019. aish.com (archived)
  8. Judy Waldman, “A Shul With A Story: Aish HaTorah St. Louis – Changing The World, One Jew At A Time”, The Jewish Press, 23 February 2020. jewishpress.com (archived)
  9. Rafael Medoff, “The Rabbi of Buchenwald”, Aish, 17 May 2020. aish.com (archived)
  10. “About Spetner”, Spetner Associates, 23 June 2020. spetner.com (archived)
  11. Rabbi Steven Burg, “Meet Me in St. Louis”, Aish, 19 June 2022. about.aish.com (archived)
  12. Gateways to Greatness: The Vision and Mesiras Nefesh of Building Torah and the St. Louis Jewish Community, Spetner family, 2026. youtube.com (archived)
  13. “About BenManage: Our Story & Mission”, BenManage. benmanage.com (archived)
  14. “About Us”, Agudas Israel of St. Louis. agudastl.com (archived)
  15. Dr. Yitzchok Levine, “Glimpses Into American Jewish History, Part 23: Louis Raskas of St. Louis (1888–1974)”, The Jewish Press. personal.stevens.edu (archived)
  16. “Lee Spetner”, Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org (archived)
  17. “Our Story”, St. Louis Kollel. stlkollel.com (archived)
  18. “Who We Are”, Torah Prep School. torahprep.com (archived)