Rabbi Yonason Goldson
• Published January 10, 2024
We can still find miracles of light in our seasons of darkness
The week before Oct. 7, my newly engaged son and his fiancée were enjoying the Festival of Sukkos in Israel. Jake and Morgan had tickets to return to St. Louis the following week, when...
Amy Fester Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 21, 2023
It’s time to bid farewell to 2023. Many of us see a new year as a way of starting fresh, attacking a new goal and making positive changes. Really, we’re just moving from one day to the next but somehow seeing a new year on the calendar makes it feel...
Maharat Rori Picker Neiss, JCRC, Joel Iskiwitch, JCRC
• Published December 21, 2023
We have been horrified over the past weeks to bear witness to antisemitic tropes used to cast aspersions on Jewish political candidates in Missouri.
This month, State Representative Sarah Unsicker attacked her erstwhile opponents in the Missouri Attorney...
For years, she has stared at me every time I walk down my hallway.
Gustel, barely 14 years old, stands out among her nine sisters, which include my late husband’s Oma Sophie, in the one remaining family photo from Germany taken in 1910.
Self-assured...
To the signatories of the open letter to Jewish organizations: you address your concerns to the wrong party. The war in Gaza could end today if Hamas released the hostages and surrendered.
You present a one-sided history of the Arab-Israeli conflict,...
On Dec. 6, the Jewish Light published a letter signed by 75+ Jews who expressed concern with the organizations that raised them and quoted “facts” regarding the war between Israel and Hamas. Below is a response to some of the points in the letter.
Claim:...
To the 75-plus signatories of the open letter to Jewish organizations in St. Louis and the surrounding area:
After reading your letter a few times to better understand where you are coming from, I would like to respond. I was not the rabbi who raised...
Miriam Friedman Morris, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published December 11, 2023
This article first appeared in the Times Of Israel and is republished here with permission.
Living in peace in Israel has been a challenge since the beginning of the Jewish State. Our enemies try to wipe us off this earth Because We Are Jews! Our fight...
American K-12 education has reached new depths in terms of academic achievement. The signs are everywhere in plummeting proficiency scores across all subject areas.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress reports that just 13% and 20% of eighth-graders...
To the Jewish organizations that raised us:
We walked your halls in preschool, learned Hebrew in your classrooms, became b’nai mitzvah in your sanctuaries, and led your youth group boards. We were your campers and later, your counselors. We prayed...
By Ryan Snyder, Junior, Ladue Horton Watkins High School
• Published December 6, 2023
The day of Oct. 7th was one that did not play out how I expected. What started off as a normal day for me as Jewish high schooler was flipped on its head when I awoke to the news that Israel was under attack and at war. It took a while for me to assess...
I want to thank all of the members of your staff who made last night's Unsung Heroes presentation so memorable. I went to honor my friend Cathy Lander-Goldberg, but I also was inspired by the great community service of every Unsung Hero.
Anyone who...
