What I’ve learned about Mr. Trump[Regarding Eric Mink’s June 6 commentary, “What we know about Trump after three years”] I write to suggest that Mink’s lesson be consigned, for the most part, to the list of his prior errors about President Donald...
Counterpoint to commentary Henry Schvey’s May 30 commentary, “Trump ends role as honest Mideast mediator,” is completely ridiculous and totally biased.First of all, I truly do sympathize with the loss of so many human lives; even if the latter...
President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA/Iran deal was the right decision.The notion that we were better off staying in the deal is not supported by Iran’s activity since the agreement. Iran was afforded immediate relief from sanctions and...
Broad Jewish support for anti-BDS bill The process to pass the Anti-Discrimination Against Israel Act in Missouri has been an adventure from the beginning of the process. Jenny Wolkowitz created a coalition of professional and lay Jewish leaders who...
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...
