Russian President Vladimir Putin has been selected as Time magazine's 2007 "Person of the Year." Time has stressed from the very beginning of its annual selection, that the "Person of the Year" is based on how he or she affected world news "for ill or...

The letter from "an adult survivor of child abuse" brings up several important points. First, the writer comments that there are no support groups for adult survivors of child abuse in St. Louis. Women's Support and Community Services (314-531-2003) is...

"The only thing necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing. " This profound and well-known quote begs the question: What are we doing? Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, was assassinated last week. Think of her life: privileged...

The assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was seeking to return to office democratically, is a major setback for democracy, stability and the struggle for moderation over extremism not only in that war-torn region, but throughout...

NEW YORK -- Last month marked the debut of The Torah: A Women's Commentary, which brings together the scholarship and insights of women from all segments of the Jewish community and from around the world. For the past two years, in advance of the commentary's...

Again my rabbi has made me proud to be be a member of Central Reform Congregation. Susan Talve has shown that Catholic parishoners are willing to stand up to Archbishop Raymond Burke in the name of love and interfaith respect. I appreciate the position...

Recently, our pages have been filled with news accounts, editorials and numerous letters to the editor regarding the ordination ceremony of two women seeking to become Roman Catholic priests in the sanctuary of Central Reform Congregation. Good people...

The Harvey Kornblum Jewish Food Pantry is running dangerously low on food, and it is our responsibility to help. Shortly after the High Holiday season in September, the food pantry, had "a mound of food from the floor, almost to the ceiling," according...

I applaud the efforts of the Jewish Council Against Family Violence (JCAFV), which reporter Victoria Siegel recently highlighted in her articles regarding guest speaker Rabbi Joseph Telushkin who JCAFV co-sponsored. The primary focus of Ms. Siegel's articles,...

The controversy surrounding the recently released film, The Golden Compass, is in part because of the author's avowed atheism and in part because of the message of the film and its potential effect on children. This is a "fantasy Western," complete with...

The FBI last month released its annual national audit of reported hate crimes for 2006. What stood out is that of the 1,567 offenses motivated by religious bias, 1,027 were anti-Jewish or 64.3 percent of all religious hate crimes. That's a 14 percent...

After reading the several letters published in the latest issue of The Light regarding the ordination of the two women, I was struck by the intensity of the carefully written letters. However, I was surprised that no one commented on the editorial position...