(JTA) — The messages casting doubt on the election results started circulating among Orthodox Jewish social media accounts by Wednesday morning and continued throughout the weekend, pausing only for Shabbat.
“There’s a lot of cheating happening,”...
(JTA) — Parts of Brooklyn that had high COVID test positivity rates in early October, including some with large Orthodox Jewish communities, will face fewer restrictions after seeing the rates fall.
The neighborhoods labeled “red zones” last...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Donald Trump has fired his defense secretary, Mark Esper, who has played a key role in assuaging Israeli concerns about the sale of stealth combat jets to the United Arab Emirates.
Trump did not give a reason for...
What follows is a quick look at the Jewish Light’s 2020 Unsung Heroes and the incredible volunteer work that they do in the community. Read the Heroes’ full stories in the Light’s Special Section published in our Nov. 18 edition and join the Light...
Compiled by Jewish Light Staff
• Published November 6, 2020
Newsmakers is a compilation of local Jews’ newsworthy professional and academic accomplishments. Submit your news items to [email protected]. Call 314-743-3669 for more information. Published the first edition of each month.
Attorney Susan...
Linda Ruth Messite Bell, November 4, 2020. Beloved wife of Martin Bell, MD; dear mother and mother-in-law of Laura Mejewski (Edward) and Adam Bell (Jennifer); dear grandmother of Matthew and Jordan Schlueter and Samantha Bell; our dear cousin and...
When was the last time you had guests? It’s been so long since we’ve had anyone over that I can’t even remember. And when someone does come into our house, even for a moment, we all suddenly put on masks: We all cover our faces, our noses, our...
Praise for Mirowitz Center programming
Kudos to Susan Kemppainen and Stephen Cohen on the diverse programming via Zoom offered to the entire community through the Mirowitz Center. I especially enjoyed the recent program on Ruth Bader Ginsburg given...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published November 4, 2020
Over the last several years, Noah Arnow, a white rabbi with Kol Rinah, and Carlos Smith, a Black pastor with the Journey church, developed a close friendship as they not only traveled to Israel together on an interfaith trip, but also frequently bumped...
This article originally appeared in Kveller.
As the Festival of Lights approaches, you might frying latkes and making applesauce in your dreams. The food is delicious and everyone is content and full, and above all, the meal is mess and stress-free.
Then...
This piece originally appeared in Alma.
When it comes to celebrating Hanukkah, you probably think about lighting the menorah, playing dreidel (or maybe not, does anyone actually play dreidel?) and eating so many latkes that your stomach burns in...
Help Americans by passing relief bill
Without time to mourn the passing of a remarkable woman of integrity and compassion (“Ruth Bader Ginsburg, first Jewish woman to serve on the Supreme Court, dies at 87,” Sept. 18), our country leapt into political...
