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...

It is probably not an accident that five former St Louis rabbis chose to retire in Jerusalem. Rabbi Milton Polin from Tpheris Israel Chevra Kadisha, Rabbi Simcha Kraus from Young Israel, Rabbi Jeffrey Bienenfeld from Young Israel, Rabbi Ephraim Zimand...

The Rev. Vincent A. Heier has left his positions as director of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese Office of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, and as pastor of All Saints Catholic Church in University City. During his 25 years of interfaith work, Heier...

EAST SUSSEX, England -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy, during his recent visit to Washington, stated in widely reported remarks that the resurgence of anti-Semitic propaganda and associated violence around the world should not be minimized or explained...

"Thanks for providing me with such an amazing summer," Elizabeth Gartenberg, a junior at Miami of Ohio University, told Partnership 2000 upon her return from Israel this summer. At the end of June, Gartenberg and four other students left St. Louis...

Regarding the Nov. 7 article on "America's oil addiction," the individual in question may have some security knowledge, what it is I do not know and PhDs don't impress me anymore. The following is true. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is over 19 million...

On page one of this edition of the St. Louis Jewish Light, we report on the latest development affecting the future of the Cedars at the JCA: A restraining order issued by a St. Louis County Circuit judge to delay foreclosure proceedings by the holder...

The Annapolis Summit Conference on Middle East Peace is now history, and surprisingly most of the commentators and pundits give the gathering more than a passing grade. In anticipation of the gathering at the U.S. Naval Academy, American, Israeli and...

In your Nov. 14 editorial, you commented on the ordination controversy at Central Reform Congregation. We Jews truly are divided on the subject, and many are deeply concerned about its effect on interfaith relations. I must take issue with your urging...