Compassion and creativity beats funding cutsI read the Dec. 30 article, “Reduced county funding leads to cuts at JF&CS.”  I don’t get it: A person shows up for the group to find out that the program is cut? Surely there is/was a plan for funding...

JF&CS president responds to recent article In response to the Dec. 30 article, “Reduced County Funding Leads to Cuts at JF&CS,” I wish to clarify a few facts regarding our agency.  As a key partner agency of the St. Louis County Children’s...

Questions left unanswered The Dec. 30 article “Reduced county funding leads to cuts at JF&CS,” on Jewish Family & Children’s Service and St. Louis County’s Children’s Services Fund raised more questions than it answered and provided...

Praise for Jewish institutions’ response to criticism of rabbi Kudos to the Rabbi’s Advisory Council of Jewish Federation, to Jewish Federation, and to the Jewish Community Relations Council, for taking a firm stand on civil disobedience. We come...

Balanced reporting neededWhatever the merits of the Israeli “Breaking the Silence” group are, coverage in the Jewish Light should be alert to the partisan lobbying efforts to denounce this effort by Israeli veterans as “slandering” Israel’s...

Responses to criticism of Rabbi TalveThe attack on Rabbi Susan Talve by some members of Black Lives Matter/Hands Up United  and Jewish Voice  for Peace reported in the Dec. 9 Jewish Light is both deplorable and damaging as well to the cause of racial...

Column seems to deny nation’s history of racismLast week I read Marty Rochester’s comments in the Light regarding the Ferguson Commission and racial progress in the United States. Although the article did point out the election of our President,...

Mizzou hospitalityThe Nov. 11 front-page article, “Jewish students react to hate on Mizzou campus,” begins with a description of a Tuesday morning tradition at Hillel.  Free bagels are provided to students, Jewish and non-Jewish alike. We have witnessed...

Thanks from rally organizersOn behalf of the grassroots committee that organized the rally for Israel in Creve Coeur on Sunday, Nov. 8, we would like to thank several people.  First and foremost, we want to say a huge thank you to the St. Louis Zionist...

A plea for Jewish observanceI would like to make a plea for  Jews all around the world to seek increased observance of Jewish laws and mitzvahs. I hope my request reaches those of you who have fallen out of regular practice of Jewish traditions and ...

Rabbi brings needed focus to important issueThank-you  for publishing the honest and moving piece by Rabbi James Stone Goodman, “Shanda/shame: There is None” in the Oct. 21 issue of the Jewish Light.  Rabbi Goodman writes with such honesty about...

Israel under fireCould you imagine if there were 143 terrorist attacks on the United States in one year?  Or what if there were that many in one month? Or one week? Or even in one day?  Now imagine that all of these attacks took place within the state...