I enjoyed September's OY! magazine, including your recent article on Jewish inclusion of youth with disabilities. A sidebar in the article lists resources for such children, including our own local JF&CS and two relatively new national organizations,...
Media bias against IsraelIt is common knowledge that the world press, in its newspapers, magazines, and television and radio news, display bias and unfairness against Israel. The latest instance of this travesty is Time magazine's cover article "Why Israel...
NY Islamic Center debateThe Aug. 18 editorial, "Self Fulfilling Prophecy," presents Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf as a "moderate" Muslim cleric and supports the construction of the Islamic community center and mosque two blocks from Ground Zero."I question your...
Respecting our fellow JewsRecent ("Unwavering Support" and "Pulpit Politics") letters share the same horns of the dilemma - how to love your fellow Jew, regardless, as the Torah commands in spite of the fact that your fellow Jew may have transgressed...
Kavod for our rabbisI first want to say what a great job the Jewish Light did in covering the Nusach Hari groundbreaking (Page one, July 28 edition). Building a new shul is a monumental occasion. I also noticed many quotes by Rabbi Smason, who officiated...
Prop. C oppositionJewish organizations are elated that Congress finally passed the Health Care Reform Act which provides for universal health care for all Americans. This is accomplished by requiring almost everyone to purchase health care insurance....
Obama and the Middle EastFacts are stubborn things but that does not appear to stop Rabbi Randy Fleisher from using platitudes ("intelligence," "inclusiveness" and "values") to describe his reasons for supporting President Obama (Letter, June 23). For...
When Jews are the cause of anti-Semitism For centuries we Jews have been the victims of anti-Semitism, but sometimes our own actions are the cause of it. Last week's St Louis Jewish Light exhibited such examples of the ultra-Orthodox ("haredi") community's...
Supporting Obama Unlike Jeffrey Kass (‘Taking Down the Obama Posters,' May 26), I remain immensely gratified that Barack Obama was elected to be our President with the overwhelming support of the American Jewish community. Although I am distressed...
Hatred against Jews continuesI applaud the Light for its special report on "The State of Hate." Sadly, the report showed that hatred against Jews still flourishes.The global campaign to delegitimize Israel is simply a new incarnation of anti-Jewish hatred....
Fleeting loyaltiesYour recent editorial, "Trade Winds Blowing" (June 2) was remarkable. On the one hand, you espouse support for Israel. On the other, you indicate support for the Obama Administration's trade of erstwhile friends for the "if-come" support...
Creating a ‘Sukkat Shalom'I read in disbelief your defense of the tasteless depiction of the Prophet Mohammed by the TV show "South Park" ("Comic Belief" editorial, April 28). Jewish tradition states that we - and our institutions - must be a "Sukkat...
