By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published September 6, 2017
As we descend down the alphabet this hurricane season — Harvey, Irma — it seems like one letter is still being left out: c, as in climate change.Despite the fact that the there is scientific consensus that warmer water and air make for more intense...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published September 6, 2017
If I had a dime for every client who has ever told me she doesn’t want to “bulk up”, I would probably be writing this article from a remote tropical island somewhere in the South Pacific instead of at a desk in St. Louis! A great deal of misconception...
As I was flipping through the Jewish Light last winter, one article in particular stood out. The headline advertised a summer internship for college students; naturally, I was intrigued.The article outlined qualifications for the position: must be entering...
By Rabbi James Stone Goodman
• Published August 31, 2017
Dick Gregory died Aug. 19 in Washington, D.C.In the 1990s, I worked on several events with Gregory. He was born in St. Louis on Oct. 12, 1932, and grew up at 1803 N. Taylor Ave. Although he had not lived here in many years, he stayed close to his roots...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published August 30, 2017
White House adviser Jared Kushner’s third peace-seeking mission to the Middle East was officially labeled as “productive,” though it clearly brought no major breakthroughs in efforts to restart long-stalled direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian...
By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS.org
• Published August 30, 2017
There probably has never been an easier path to consensus for the three major non-Orthodox rabbinic associations. The decision of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (Reform), the Rabbinical Assembly (Conservative) and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published August 30, 2017
Labor Day barbecues have become symbolic of the final days of summer. School is in full swing, vacations are over, and the days really are getting shorter. If you have had a delightfully fit and fun season, whether it was to look like a knockout in...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Few artifacts of the Holocaust move me like the yellow star. Homely and seemingly innocuous, they sit in museum cases either by themselves or still attached to a jacket or blouse, the stitching rough and the lettering surprisingly crude....
Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman
• Published August 29, 2017
Pro-Palestinian protesters in New York City, Oct. 6, 2014. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)For an alternative view, see Anne Herzberg’s op-ed, “Objections to Israel’s BDS law are overwrought and hypocritical.”MADISON, Wis. (JTA) — In March, the...
Gilad Erdan, left, Israel’s interior security minister, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, April 10, 2016. “No sane country would grant entry to central, pro-BDS figures who want to harm it and isolate...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published August 24, 2017
My husband and I just returned from our first trip to Israel, a two-week epic adventure punctuated by celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary at the Wall on Shabbat. I came away from the journey with a newfound sense of awareness, both spiritually...
In previous blog posts, I’ve had the opportunity to share examples of retirees who have succeeded in “Finding the Magic,” and in doing so have enhanced the satisfaction they derive from retirement. Following their example involves asking three...
