A rabbi’s letter to Jewish doctors
I have just returned from a three-day conference in Washington, D.C. — Zionist Rabbinic Coalition. The ZRC rabbis are Orthodox, Reform and Conservative, among others. The ZRC mission is to support Israel and to...
I collected more signatures than any other volunteer in Missouri to get Amendment 3 on the ballot to overturn Missouri’s abortion ban. I left it all on the field, and I’m ready to do it again now that our legislators are refusing to respect the will...
My daughter is a junior at Columbia University. Periodically, I’ve asked her whether she worried about antisemitism on campus. No, she says. And when I point to reports of protesters demonizing and harassing Jewish students, she holds her ground.
She...
I used to be an active social justice legislator, a progressive liberal activist for years.
On Oct. 7, 2023, I became just a Jew.
As coordinated protests cheering on Hamas sprouted like wildfires mere hours after the historic terrorist attack in Israel...
Rabbi Jared Skoff, Congregation B’nai Amoona
• Published May 1, 2025
I get sinus infections. I often get them more than once a year. By the time my symptoms go from bad to worse, I’m on antibiotics, an antihistamine, a steroid inhaler, a nasal spray, a nasal rinse, an anti-inflammatory, an antacid, and chicken soup....
By Greg Yawitz, Myron Freedman
• Published April 22, 2025
“We can’t let people ever forget,” said Leo Wolf, chairman emeritus of the St. Louis Holocaust Committee and a Holocaust survivor, in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s 1995 coverage of the opening of the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center.
“We...
Readers respond to rabbi’s commentary
The April 2 edition contains a deeply disturbing commentary (“Should illegal immigrants be deported?”) by Rabbi Ze’ev Smason, in which he begins with a highly misleading metaphor for people he refers to as...
In February I enrolled in a six-week “Decoding the Talmud” course taught by Chabad Rabbi Yosef Landa. I learned about the Gemara and the centuries-old debates it is based on. Although the latter debates for the most part have been resolved and have...
Being part of a Jewish community outside of Israel reminds me how deeply connected we all are, no matter where we are in the world.
As a Jewish people, we share many holidays and traditions that unite us across the globe. Whether we are in Israel, the...
Seeking community’s support
As we near the celebration of Passover, we thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve you and for helping our community thrive.
The St. Louis Rabbinical and Cantorial Association (STLRCA) is the only clergy organization...
Amidst the sea of suffering the current administration is perpetrating on people here and abroad, I call your attention to anti-immigration legislation in Missouri: SB 58 and SB 72.
SB 58 does a couple of highly problematic and unconstitutional things....
To most people, the 2005 movie “Wedding Crashers” is a lighthearted comedy romp in which two lovelorn bachelors crash weddings to meet women. But imagine the following scenario: At your daughter’s 500-person wedding, a concerned friend informs you...
