(JTA) — When Jerry was 21, he was invited to a “white kiddush,” a twist on the Shabbat eve service that substitutes vodka for the traditional wine or grape juice. It took place during Purim, the Jewish holiday when alcohol is not only permitted...
Many of us have struggled with a toddler who seems to run the house, or as I prefer to say, “The inmates are running the asylum.” They have temper tantrums, defy parental requests, engage in aggressive behaviors, insist on sleeping with their parents...
DR. RICHARD LAZAROFF
• Published February 23, 2022
As a pediatrician, I often was asked whether it is harder to raise children now than in the past. I think most people assume I quickly responded yes.
Surely it seems like the times have never been more dangerous and complex: Social media and the pressure...
JORDAN PALMER, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published February 22, 2022
To get a better understanding of the issues mental health professionals have been seeing as the pandemic continues, the Jewish Light sat down with licensed social worker Nikki Rauner from Emotional Health Therapy in Clayton to ask her some questions.
As...
(JTA) — Israel is dropping its “Green Pass” system that allowed access to public venues only to people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
Since the pandemic’s start, Israel has been at the forefront of many phases: infection,...
Miguel Sena-Esteves, Associate Professor of Neurology, UMass Chan Medical School
• Published February 14, 2022
Two babies have received the fStoriesirst-ever gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease after over 14 years of development.
Tay-Sachs is a severe neurological disease caused by a deficiency in an enzyme called HexA. This enzyme breaks down a fatlike substance...
Kate Hennessey, Kveller
• Published February 14, 2022
I feel like I’m waking up after over a year of being a groggy golem: functional, but without much motivation or desire of my own. I realized recently that I don’t take many pictures of myself anymore and I think I’ve been unconsciously avoiding...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published February 4, 2022
As we move into the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are all watching the seemingly never-ending seesaw of numbers caused by the omicron surge, and now the “omicron BA.2” variant. Add to that the political divisiveness over the vaccine, staffing...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 28, 2022
How often do you think about the water you're drinking in St. Louis? How often do you think about that same water from a Jewish perspective? The truth is probably not that much, considering St. Louis has always rated very high in various clean water...
(JTA) — A panel of experts that advises the Health Ministry on matters related to the coronavirus is recommending that all adults over the age of 18 be offered a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine, The Times of Israel reported.
Israel is believed...
(JTA) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. compared what he sees as threats to human life from 5G, vaccine passports, and “low-orbit satellites” to the threat the Nazis posed to Jews during the Holocaust.
“Even in Hitler’s Germany, you could...
