Jewish students abroad facing antisemitic threats
We want to alert the community to some very brave Austrian Jewish students facing menacing antisemitic threats. On the recent anniversary of Kristallnacht, a group of Viennese Jewish students plastered...
(Jewish Journal via JNS) I was 16 when I first visited Israel with my mother. She spent most of the trip coming between me and aggressive young Israeli men who thought it was cute when I said, “Shalom, korim li Tabby” (“Hi, I’m Tabby”) with...
Are Jews strong or weak, powerful or oppressed? The answer, of course, is, yes. Israel, the Jewish state, is a nuclear power and, although small, has the strongest military in the Middle East. And in so many ways, Jews are a strong, proud presence...
(JTA) — In “The Social Justice Torah Commentary,” Rabbi Brian Stoller describes a turtle-shaped dinner bell that his great-grandmother used to summon a Black butler to attend to her needs at the family’s Shabbat table.
When I got to that line...
Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham, Congregation B’nai Amoona
• Published December 3, 2021
Our Torah portion this week, Parashat Miketz, focuses on Joseph’s rise to power and what transpires when he encounters his brothers after a lengthy hiatus.
My focus has always been on the “what goes around, comes around” aspect of the story....
(Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of more than 20 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust.)
Maybe he didn’t mean it the way it sounded, but a U.S. Congressman this week insinuated...
(JTA) — “Curb Your Enthusiasm” has always been a Jewy show, but this season it is downright Jewish.
On the HBO sitcom, now in its 11th season, Larry David has never been shy about surfacing, and lampooning, Judaism and Jewishness. He has contemplated...
Avi S. Olitzky and Beth Gendler, Special For the St. Louis Jewish Light
• Published December 2, 2021
On the third day of Hanukkah, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. This is one of the most consequential lawsuits in decades concerning reproductive freedom, and the first case that the Supreme Court...
RABBI CARNIE SHALOM ROSE
• Published November 25, 2021
“Now Israel (Jacob) loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age. Thus he had made for him an ornamented, multicolored tunic.” (Genesis 37:3)
I have to admit that I have always been intrigued by Joseph’s famous coat...
Houston, we have a problem.
Have you seen your child’s grades slipping since returning to school? Have you checked your child’s weekly screen time? I believe there is a strong correlation.
We now have a new addiction on our hands that no one...
Susan Kemppainen, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 24, 2021
Thanksgiving and Hanukkah both arrive around the same time this year, and it has made me consider the difference between being grateful for what we have versus craving the things we want. After all, Thanksgiving is a holiday devoted to the concept of...
(JTA) — Allegations of child sexual abuse against Chaim Walder, the author of children’s books beloved in the haredi Orthodox market, and the uncharacteristically swift and harsh community response, have left many wondering if this case could...
