STACEY NEWMAN, Executive Director of ProgressWoman
• Published June 9, 2022
How many gun deaths is enough?
In the week after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas on May 24th killing 19 fourth graders, two teachers and injuring 17, there were an additional 20 mass shootings in the United States.
That’s...
(JTA) — Smoke from California’s fires is regularly bad enough to tint the sun on the other side of the country. Pakistan and India just experienced a devastating heat wave. In the Middle East, temperatures have risen by 1.5 degrees Celsius, more...
ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL, JTA
• Published June 5, 2022
(JTA) — I have a linden tree in my front yard. Out back we have a magnificent pin oak that must be four stories tall, each of its lower branches as thick as the trunk of a normal tree. We have three northern white cedars on one side of the house, and...
What happens when we look at a painting? We see a familiar world through the eyes and brushstrokes of another, and suddenly it looks different from the way we normally see it.
Poetry uses words we know to create unexpected images and comparisons...
AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published June 1, 2022
‘Tis the season of caps and gowns, pomp and circumstance, diplomas and celebrations — it’s graduation time! My kids are a few years away from this milestone. Some of my friends’ kids are finishing high school and college, giving me a preview of...
Brian Herstig, President & CEO of Jewish Federation of St. Louis
• Published June 1, 2022
The following was written in response to an op-ed "It’s time for Jewish Federation to revisit education priorities" by Russel Neiss, published on May 13.
Building a vibrant Jewish Community is a core commitment and priority of the Jewish Federation...
ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL, JTA
• Published May 29, 2022
JERUSALEM (JTA) — I was on a short visit to Israel last week, and spent time with a friend with whom I have been engaged in a 30-year argument. Elli Wohlgelernter and I met when he was the managing editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and I was a...
This article first appeared on Kveller.
On the day when the shooting happens, I finally unlock what some say is the most vital part of the American dream. My husband and I have a house in the suburbs now, big trees towering above — no picket fence,...
I was among many in the St. Louis Jewish community who received an email from the Jewish Community Relations Council entitled “Abortion Justice.” As I have previously written (Jewish Light, May 23, 2019), traditional Jewish teaching does not align...
This week, the world over, we will be reading and studying the Torah portion of Bechukotai, which is drawn from the Book of Leviticus. Our weekly Parashah opens with the words:
“If you follow My CHUKIM (statutes) and faithfully observe My MITZVOT...
The mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, makes me want to scream. If you are a parent, or if you were ever a child, it’s impossible to read about the deliberate slaughter of 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School by an 18-year-old gunman...
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on Kveller on December 2, 2021. We are republishing it today in light of the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
The desperate desire to help end the gun violence epidemic in America is rooted...
