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...
“History Will Ask” by Beth Schafer (Jewish Rock Radio)
“I wanted to pick a song this week with a message to honor Black History Month in February. This special song by my friend Beth Schafer who is a songleader, singer-songwriter and cantorial...
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...
SUZANNE EPSTEIN-LANG , SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published January 26, 2022
In case you have been living under a rock, there was a popular challenge on social media recently in which participants posted a photo of themselves 10 years ago, along with a current one. Though I see its pitfalls, I must admit I love social media...
BARBARA BALLINGER AND MARGARET CRANE
• Published January 25, 2022
What have we learned from our offspring? Plenty.
As children growing up in the 1950s and ‘60s, our primary role was to be seen and not heard. Advice was doled out like morning vitamins with such directives as “Sit up straight,” “Chew with your...
(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...
“Painting Our World in Healing and Hope” by Karina Zilberman (JKids Radio)
This latest wave of COVID has been really tough on young families, and it reminded me of this really moving and hopeful song released earlier in the pandemic by the sweet...
(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...
BILL MOTCHAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published January 23, 2022
A Jewish summer camp experience can build skills and character that last well into adulthood. For some kids, the camp experience was meaningful enough that it played a role in their decision to become a rabbi.
Rabbi Daniel Bogard of Central Reform...
(JTA) — Albert Bourla, the chief executive officer of Pfizer, was named the winner of the 2022 Genesis Prize, the award sometimes called the “Jewish Nobel.”
The award, which “honors extraordinary individuals for their outstanding professional...
“I’m Gonna Walk It With You” by Shul Sisters (Jewish Rock Radio)
One thing that has always been important to me is using music to create bridges between people of different backgrounds. In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, I wanted to...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published January 18, 2022
"As a rabbi who works as a chaplain at a hospital in Indianapolis, I’ve held my tongue a lot when it comes to COVID-19 and the emotional strain it puts on the medical staff. But now — as my team at Indiana University Health is responsible for pastoral...
