Andrew Silow-Carroll
• Published February 27, 2018
(JTA) — I don’t know if Wayne LaPierre is anti-Semitic. In many ways, I don’t care if Wayne LaPierre is anti-Semitic. But the executive vice president of the NRA gave a speech this week that was heard as anti-Semitic by two kinds of people: left-leaning...
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...
BY RABBI SETH D. GORDON
• Published February 21, 2018
Like you, I learned about the school shooting in Florida from the news. But unlike you, I heard the news from Israel, where I am studying. And probably unlike you, I had a very personal connection: My nephew Zachary and my niece Zoe were in that school.I...
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....
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — At a time when more than three-quarters of American Jews say they do not keep kosher, should we be shocked when Jews gather together and eat non-kosher food?American Jews have always gone beyond the restrictions of Jewish dietary...
“More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.” — Woody Allen, in his book “Side Effects”...
February is Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month, a time when we encourage dialogue, discussion and action in our Jewish communities around how to create more inclusive and accepting spaces for people living with disabilities. As Jews, we strongly...
Over the past few weeks, my kids have been registering for high school These days, the choices of electives are incredible. Students are able to take subjects ranging from improvisation to music theory from sculpture to broadcasting. If I were 14,...
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...
As 2017 came to an end, I made myself a promise I knew would be hard to keep: In 2018, I would start trying to ignore the president of the United States.I lasted about 36 hours.Then, on Jan. 2, I got sucked in by online coverage of Donald Trump’s idiotic...
Editor’s note: Jewish Federation President and CEO Andrew Rehfeld’s commentary below is adapted from a speech he gave at the JProStl luncheon Feb. 1 at the Jewish Community Center. For the past six years I have had the pleasure of closing the annual...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS
• Published February 1, 2018
“The Post,” a gripping film about the behind-the-scenes scramble at The Washington Post leading up to the 1971 publication of the Pentagon Papers, underscores the importance of journalistic integrity and the public’s right to know even in the face...
