JCRC responds to articleAlthough we are loathe to continue this conversation, we are highly disappointed that the Jewish Light chose to report on the Jewish Community Relations Council’s Letter to the Editor in the Post-Dispatch without printing the...
I am one of 77 million baby boomers in the United States – among the very first, having been born just a couple of months after World War II ended. According to AARP, 10,000 baby boomers are turning 65 every day. Sixty-five percent plan to work past...
LOS ANGELES — I was born in 1995, which means a lot of things. The Twin Towers toppled when I was only in kindergarten. I’m a digital native. In my lifetime, Israel has always existed. And most people have no idea what the word “Zionism” means.At...
It’s both fascinating and painful to watch members of the St. Louis business community join with selected public officials and others to roll out the new Better Together plan, which aims to combine St. Louis city and county into a metro government.Fascinating,...
(JTA) — In Israel, there is perhaps no politician more associated today with the two-state solution than Tzipi Livni. As the country’s former foreign minister, lead negotiator with the Palestinians and two-time leader of the opposition, Livni has warned...
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
• Published February 19, 2019
Dear JTA,I am an elected official in a large democracy in the Western hemisphere. A lot of my colleagues have gotten into trouble recently for using anti-Semitic “tropes.” I know what anti-Semitism is, but am less sure how that differs from a “trope.”...
A poor choice of subjects With all of the good people doing great things in our community, I was disgusted to read the article, “Ticket or Not, St. Louis sports fan finds a way in” in the Jan 30 edition. This article lauded the juvenile, selfish...
Editor’s note: The Jewish Light asked area high school students to submit an essay of 350 words or less explaining what it means to be Jewish to them. The essays were judged on creativity, originality, development of the essay’s theme, as well as...
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
• Published February 13, 2019
NEW YORK (JTA) — Rep. Ilhan Omar picked a funny week to tweet about the power of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.Last week, the Senate passed a bill that targets the boycott Israel movement. The 77-23 vote was a nice win for AIPAC, which...
(JTA) — I lived in Minnesota for five years. My wife is from there; her family still lives there.When we return to visit, we have to reckon with a frightening reality: My in-laws’ newly elected congressional representative is deeply implicated in...
“Would you accompany me, Missouri legislator whom I don’t know, to my OB-GYN’s office?” no woman in our state has ever asked.
In all of my reproductive care appointments since I was 18 years old, from contraception and family planning,...
By Rabbi Seth D. Gordon
• Published February 7, 2019
In our youth, many of us did things that, looking back as adults, we are not proud of. Perhaps we stole an inexpensive item(s) from a store, insulted someone, voiced a prejudice, or worse. We may even smile or chuckle as we reminisce; we were kids. But...
