It’s truly amazing how long it takes till you really understand your grandfather or at least a part of him, you took for granted. Since joining the Jewish Light, I’ve reflected on my own Jewish experience growing up, and part of that was the Yiddish,...

Camp changed my life. Maybe that’s a little cliché, but for me it is entirely true. And I know the same is true for so many others who have attended or worked at summer camps throughout their lives.  Camp is a place where we are able to lean on...

The Eleven.  That’s the shorthand name I’ve given to the bipartisan group of women who currently serve in Missouri’s senate. Eleven is an historic number.  It is more women serving together in the upper chamber than ever before in Missouri’s...

Jewish life and culture are centralized around family structure, from milestones to holidays to gatherings and community programming. It’s a part of Jewish life I have always loved and found beautiful — but that has always been bittersweet for me,...

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...

According to the YIVO, the Institute of Jewish Research, the term “Yiddish” is derived from the German word for “Jewish.” The most accepted (but not the only) theory of the origin of Yiddish is that it began to take shape by the 10th century...

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...

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...

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...