As a retired educator and member of the education advisory committee for the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, I want to thank the Jewish Light for “Keeping Memory Alive,” the inspiring front page April 18 article on the importance of the Holocaust...
Farewell from St. Louis Kollel directorDear fellow members of the St. Louis Jewish community, Many of you have already heard that my wife, Mindi, and I have decided to accept positions in Toronto. Before we turn the page to the next chapter, I would...
Israel at 70 Unity WalkSt. Louis Friends of Israel was pleased to join so many other community organizations and over a thousand individuals on Sunday, April 22 as we all participated in the Unity Walk from Temple Israel to Shaare Emeth, and then continued...
Continuing the activism after Parkland shootingIt was inspiring to read about the Jewish teens and their activism to address gun violence in the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla. (“Gun violence triggers student action,” March 21 edition). ...
I was one of Rabbi Ephraim Zimand’s, of blessed memory, Melton students. Rabbi Zimand was an intellectually challenging teacher. He was insistent on the exact interpretation of the Hebrew in the Tanach, which changed the meaning of the text as most...
St. Louis story well told at AIPACI attended the 2018 AIPAC Policy Conference and was excited to see United Hebrew Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg address the General Assembly. Rabbi Rosenberg recounted the amazing story of the late United Hebrew Rabbi Samuel...
The complimentary letters by Irl Solomon and Herbert Shapiro on Martin Rochester's Feb. 14 commentary, "Why my dislike of the left trumps my dislike of the president," undermines rational conversation.Calling critics of Trump and Rochester "insufferably...
Editorial on African migrants unconvincingRegarding the Light’s Feb. 14 editorial “Dishonoring the Stranger,” perhaps, since the Sudanese and Eritreans in Israel are laborers, the relevant passage is Genesis 21:10-13. Torah allows for limits to...
Teacher calls for increased background checks for gun purchases[Editor’s note: The following is a letter the writer first sent to Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.]I am a public school teacher at Ladue Horton Watkins High School. This is my 20th year at Ladue...
We were delighted to see Rabbi Deborah Waxman’s commentary on “Why the Reconstructionist Movement is rebranding” in the Jan. 31 issue of the Jewish Light. We want the St. Louis community to know that there is a strong local Reconstructionist presence....
Kansas case should give Missouri anti-BDS law supporters pauseOn Jan. 30, a federal court ruled against a Kansas law requiring state contractors to swear they will not boycott Israel. In a strongly worded decision, the court determined that the law violates...
This is in regard to the Jewish Light’s Jan. 24 article “Digital Provocateur.” Let me state at the outset that I don’t know Russel Neiss nor have I read any of his writings until now. But I appreciate the prominent coverage given by the Light...
