This story originally appeared on Kveller.Back in 2012, when Deborah Feldman’s memoir “Unorthodox” came out, several people recommended I read this tale about a young woman leaving the Hasidic Satmar sect.I didn’t follow the advice, but I should...
Editor’s note: This column by Dr. James Hinrichs was made possible thanks to the generosity of Dr. Jonathan Root, Dr. Norman Druck and Galia Movitz. I was asked by Jewish Light to host a column on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. I am board certified...
CHICAGO (JTA) — As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, we’re all tasked with slowing its spread through social isolation. That’s not necessarily a big ask for someone like me. I can deal with people in short bursts but, for the most...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 26, 2020
What frightening and challenging times we are living in, when our daily lingo now includes “social distancing,” “self-quarantining” and “sheltering in place.”One of the four questions asked each year at the Passover seder is, “How is this...
By Rabbi Seth D. Gordon
• Published March 26, 2020
Surreal.My most vivid surreal experience was on Sept. 12, 2001, or 9/12. We then lived on Long Island, about 45 minutes from the World Trade Towers in Manhattan. We saw the news the day before — an airplane had hit one of the buildings. What happened?...
As rabbis and cantors of the St. Louis Rabbinical and Cantorial Association, we are reaching out as one to the members of our community during this unprecedented time. Our hearts go out to those members of our community who are ill, and those who are...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A vicious rumor has been making the rounds: Hasidim are neglecting to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously because we are selfish.But as someone born and raised in the Satmar community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, who now lives...
CHICAGO (JTA) — As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, we’re all tasked with slowing its spread through social isolation. That’s not necessarily a big ask for someone like me. I can deal with people in short bursts but, for the most...
On behalf of the Staff and the Board of Trustees of the St. Louis Jewish Light, we want to assure you that we are here for our community as we go through these challenging and unsettling times. This is a period of isolation, and the Light is the glue...
BY RABBI SHMULY YANKLOWITZ
• Published March 19, 2020
PHOENIX (JTA) — I am not a medical professional, an epidemiologist or an expert on pandemics. I leave the serious information in those important fields for the professionals who have the appropriate training to help us get through the coronavirus epidemic.Even...
CHICAGO (JTA) — I am an infectious disease epidemiologist who worked at the World Health Organization on epidemics in over 25 countries around the world. As a physician and member of the Jewish community, I prize the Jewish teaching that places the...
Benjamin S. Goldberg and Elana K. Rivkin-Haas have announced their engagement.Ben is the son of Leslie Rickard of Olivette and Gary Goldberg of Los Angeles, Calif. He is the grandson of the late Eady and Joseph Rickard of Montclair, N.J. and the late...
