In 2006, the Missouri legislature unanimously passed SB 1189 which created a "Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission."
The goal of the commission is to promote Holocaust education and awareness in Missouri, "in order to encourage understanding...
This article first appeared on Kveller.
On Thursday evening, as I was just about to close my computer, I saw the news alert from The New York Times: “Breaking News: At least 15 people are dead and dozens are injured after a stampede at a religious...
(JTA) — When I was very young, what motivated me to go to shul on Shabbat morning was the fire station two houses away from the synagogue.
My dad was the rabbi of the only congregation in Annapolis, Maryland, and shul attendance was a family affair....
Ever since I read Mr. Marty Rochester’s Op-Ed: “Oy vey: The excesses of identity politics,” I can’t get it out of my mind. My husband and I both grew up in St. Louis but currently live outside Chicago. I work at the Shriver Center on Poverty Law...
RACHEL BRAY-SPEZIA, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 28, 2021
As a busy parent, my to-do list is a mile long, from A to Z – Z being Zoom meetings, of course.
Many of the tasks on my list are things I do for others: picking up a few groceries for my grandmother; taking my son to see his pediatrician; shopping...
This article originally appeared on Kveller.
What do bonfires, weddings and carob have in common? They’re all connected to the holiday of Lag b’Omer.
While you may have never heard of this holiday, Lag b’Omer is popular and widely beloved...
(JTA) — April 29 marks the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau, the longest-operating Nazi concentration camp. A lesser-known part of that day is that Japanese-American troops played a key role in the liberation of Dachau and its satellite...
We are living at a time when both parties are telling us how bad things are.
Recall that Donald Trump’s 2016 inaugural address was characterized by the media as bleak, unusually dark and focused on addressing what Trump called “American carnage,”...
Text Messages is a column, produced with The Jewish Week, sharing wisdom from the weekly Torah portion.
(JTA) — When do you call the rabbi?
Sometimes to complain. (We’re Jews, after all.) But usually, a life-cycle event has taken place. A birth,...
(JTA) — In the partisan changeover that resulted from the 2020 U.S. elections, there were bound to be some tests and challenges for those of us who identify within the broad spectrum of “pro-Israel.” The first is now upon us: a proposed bill emerging...
Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 21, 2021
It's not raining at my house right now, it's pouring. Don't even ask me if the old man is snoring. I've got two teenage boys and between them there are three broken bones, two separate jacked up dental issues and puberty hormones I'd rather not discuss.
Our...
On Tuesday afternoon, not even 24 hours after starting its deliberations, a multi-racial Minneapolis jury of seven women and five men found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree...
