A patron at a Jerusalem pub watches as President Donald Trump recognizes the city as Israel’s capital, Dec. 6, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)(JTA) — President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and his announcement...
Interviews are always challenging. It is critical to prepare for key questions. One of interviewers favorite questions is "Tell me about yourself." It's a way to break the ice and make you feel more comfortable during the interview process. It's also...
Rabbi James Stone Goodman
• Published December 1, 2017
My wife Susan Talve and I hold a meeting the first Sunday of every month called Shanda: there is none. We are referring to mental illness, and we are working to overcome the shanda-shame barrier that we believe is an obstacle to getting the right kind...
I just found out that my grandfather has cancer. The prognosis is pretty terrible. If we’re lucky, he has a month to live. My sister and I have always affectionately called my grandfather Papa. He’s the sweetest Southern man you’ll ever meet. He...
Demonizing IsraelA letter in the Nov 22 issue of the Light written by representatives from Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) claimed that JVP is not “demonizing” Israel. Rather, JVP is merely describing, detailing and chronicling actual practices in which...
In my last blog post, “Your Ideal Day,” I suggested that one good way to plan the non-financial aspects of retirement is to identify what your ideal day would look like and then continually strive toward living that day. I also mentioned that in...
(JTA) — The BDS debacle at the University of Michigan proved once again that Jews can be their own worst enemies.Since 2002, the University of Michigan’s Central Student Government (CSG) has, on 10 occasions, rejected resolutions to support the movement...
Moving event on Jewish refugeesNov. 30 is Memorial Day in Israel, marking the expulsion of 850,000 Jews from Arab lands in the 1940s and 1950s. Because Jews had resided in some of those lands, such as Persia (Iran) and Babylonia (Iraq) for thousands...
Last week, the student government at the University of Michigan voted to support divestment from companies that operate in Israel. The vote could be seen as a significant success of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel among...
As Ruth McCambridge points out in her Nov. 10 Nonprofit Quarterly article about the proposed Johnson Amendment rollback in the House tax bill, thousands of nonprofits have spoken up with firm opposition to inserting nonprofits into the partisan political...
From 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis will hold an open town hall meeting to discuss its proposed strategic plan at Congregation Shaare Emeth. I hope you will consider joining us to provide your input into our future...
The Anti-Defamation League’s report released last week of an increase in U.S. anti-Semitic incidents for the year, from 779 to 1,299, is truly disturbing. Unmentioned in the report is the fact that although some of these incidents derive from the “usual...
