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St. Louis Jewish Light

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St. Louis Jewish Light

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Managing Middle East Pain

Published June 12, 2009

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL Robin McKenzie is a New Zealand physical therapist who developed a widely respected program for treating back issues. In discussing one of the benchmarks of success for his method, he notes that "centralization (of pain) is the...

Week of June 3, 2009

Published June 4, 2009

Moving experience at Holocaust Musuem I had a wonderful and moving experience on Sunday, May 17 at the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center. One of our newest survivor/speakers, Ben Fainer (who survived numerous slave labor camps, including Buchenwald,...

Heroes Together and Forever

Published June 4, 2009

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALIt's just all too much. Since May 16, the St. Louis Jewish community has been overwhelmed by shock and sadness over the disappearance and apparent death of community patriarch Isadore E. Millstone. Then came the additional tragic...

Take a Deep Breath

Published May 28, 2009

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL There's been so much screaming from the fringes both before and after the meeting between United States President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, you'd think the two nations were mortal enemies. Rightists...

Re-envisioning the Jewish community

BY FELICIA HERMAN AND DANA RAUCHERPublished May 19, 2009

NEW YORK -- What is now a crisis of economy must not become a crisis of vision. The recent economic downturn gives us a rare opportunity to rethink the way the Jewish community is organized. The extreme contraction of resources, which we believe has only...

Rough But Essential Justice

Published May 19, 2009

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL "Execute true justice; deal loyally and compassionately with one another. " - Zechariah 7:9 "Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere." - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk, now 89...

Editorial sparks rebuttals

Published May 19, 2009

Hillary Clinton hasn't earned praise as Israel supporter Per your edition of April 22, 2009, your editorial states the new President is supportive of Israel, mainly due to his boycotting of the racist Durban II Conference. I applaud him for that; he is...

Week of May 13, 2009

Published May 19, 2009

Yom HaShoah On Behalf of the St. Louis Holocaust Museum and Learning Center, I wanted to clarify several issues raised in two letters printed in the April 29 edition of the Jewish Light. The annual Yom HaShoah commemoration is open to the entire Jewish...

Déjà Vu All Over Again?

Published May 19, 2009

That's what Yogi Berra would probably ask about the recent words of Hamas' leader.We have been hearing for some months that there is a new "moderation" among such groups as Hamas, Hezbollah and even the Taliban, despite the fact that none of these jihadist...

Putting Arrows in the Iran Quiver

Published May 7, 2009

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL The fanatic speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Durbin II Conference in Geneva, branding Israel as a "racist and genocidal state," should help Congress approve bills introduced last week that would substantially...

April 29, 2009

Published May 5, 2009

Committee deserves credit Thank you for writing about our recent Sunday morning Ferman Memorial Lecturer, Amos Guiora [p. 9, April 8 Jewish Light]. He spoke on a variety of Israel security related issues, and as Bob Cohn's excellent article revealed,...

Durban Two and Mahmoud Too

Published April 30, 2009

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL Kowtowing to radical Muslim and anti-Semitic voices, the fatuous Durban II United Nations Review Conference on Racism has predictably adopted a statement that singles out Israel for contempt and shows utter and hypocritical disdain...

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