(JTA) — The Orthodox Union won’t certify Impossible Pork as kosher, representing a break from the way that decisions about certifying kosher food are normally made. But as someone who studies Judaism’s long relationship with technology, I would...
Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 5, 2021
My favorite part of planning lunch with friends is when no one wants to choose the restaurant. Everyone has places they love to dine and places they prefer not to dine. We don’t want to ruffle feathers, we just want to have a fun time with friends over...
The recent drama about U.S. funding for Iron Dome was just a sideshow to Rep. Andy Levin’s proposed amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, which would effectively support Palestinian terrorism against Israel.
(JTA) — As a kid growing up in suburban Detroit, I used to pass a church right by my house every day. It was a huge church, standing 100 feet tall, with a massive, limestone carving of Jesus on the cross staring down at a busy thoroughfare. And...
(JTA) — My sister and I grew up in a small settlement surrounded by Arab villages in the disputed West Bank. We have ended up, however, in very different places.
I am currently pursuing a PhD in social psychology, studying the science of moral understanding...
Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder
• Published September 27, 2021
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Everyone has at least a few creation stories: how they were born, how they came to the career they chose, how they met their loved one.
This week Jews around the world will return to our creation story, the one found...
Texas law is ‘egregious’
(Regarding “St. Louis Jewish leaders plan abortion rights advocacy in wake of Texas law,” Sept. 8 edition): Kudos and congratulations to Rabbi Karen Bogard of Central Reform Congregation, together with rabbis from other...
Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published September 23, 2021
Shana tova, everyone! As Jews, we are lucky to be able to make New Year’s resolutions twice a year, so we get to feel extra guilt by breaking those resolutions twice a year. We are also experiencing a leap year this 5782, which brings us the gift...
There is no better indicator of how far left and insane our political culture in America has gone than the growing pervasiveness of critical race theory (CRT), which claims that systemic racism is the signature, unchanging feature of American society.
Despite...
Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published September 23, 2021
Gail Benick, a proud alumna of University City High School Class of 1963 who now lives in Toronto, has published “Memory’s Shadow,” a gripping novel that traces how three generations of Holocaust survivors deal with the never-ending trauma of the...
Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published September 23, 2021
The brief notice of a loved one’s death was not unlike many similar items sent to the St. Louis Jewish Light: “With great sorrow we announce the passing of Michael G. Kesler, Ph.D., at the age of 97, at his home in East Brunswick, N.J., surrounded...
Sen. Meghan Kallman and Rabbi Lex Rofeberg
• Published September 20, 2021
(JTA) — We are in an era of multiple interlocking crises. From record-breaking heat waves to wildfires to water shortages, from rising authoritarianism to a pandemic rampaging across the world, it is clear that, to survive, human beings will need to...
