I wanted to thank the Jewish Light for its recent editorial supporting Proposition B. A lot of people might not think this is an issue important to the Jewish community, but I disagree. As a longtime volunteer for Stray Rescue of St. Louis and as a professional...

Neil Dunski's letter concerning J Street requires correction and clarification. Name-calling and labeling do little to advance serious dialogue and conversation in the Jewish community.  J Street may disagree as much with Mr. Dunski's views as he does...

JCRC co-sponsored an October 21 forum featuring J Street Executive Director, Jeremy Ben-Ami, and distinguished former member of the Knesset and former Consul General of Israel to New York City, Ambassador Colette Avital. This co-sponsorship flowed from...

Anyone providing a platform to the anti-Israel group, J Street, for addressing the St. Louis Jewish Community could be considered careless at best. But when the JCRC sponsors such an event it is deplorable. What I find even more disturbing is that the...

I have always loved the phrase Klal Yisroel (All of Israel). Klal Yisroel describes and promotes a sense of shared community and destiny among all Jews. I did not experience a shared Jewish community when I read the outrageous Oct. 6 ad in the Jewish...

When I was a student at Clayton High School in the mid-to-late '50s, I took courses in public speaking and debate, realizing that knowing how to communicate well would someday play a vital and pivotal role in my personal and professional life. In the...

Back in 2003 it was easy to see that a big mistake was being constructed on Highway 40. I knew the $60 million Golden Palace on the Hill, "The Cedars at the JCA," was a mistake. It was a no brainer. The old facility, the Jewish Center for Aged, just needed...

We are a group of people of different faiths who come together once a month to dialogue. In our group are various Christian Protestants, Catholics, Christian Scientists, Mormons, Hindus, Unitarians, Jews and Muslims.  We have become good friends over...

As a long time supporter of Opera Theatre of St. Louis, a former president of JCRC and currently a member of the Advisory board of the Michael and Barbara Newmark Institute for Human Relations, I would like to comment on the recent article about OTSL's...

Last night we were among a handful of people at the Esquire theater in Clayton to see "100 Voices: The Journey Home." The same movie was shown in several hundred theaters all across the country. And although in Los Angeles and New York, the movie will...

I am proud to be one of the 852 alumni of the Jewish Community Relations Council's Student-to-Student program, an incredible mechanism for Jewish high school students to concretely fight prejudice. Since 1992, Student-to-Student participants have taught...

I was delighted to see that the latest Oy! Magazine contained an article on the special needs B'nai Mitzvah ceremonies. There are truly some incredible things happening in our congregations with special needs students and their families around these meaningful...