Ben Harris Archives - St. Louis Jewish Light

These are the Jewish victims of the Surfside building collapse

BEN HARRIS and SHIRA HANAU
Published July 2, 2021

A year into the pandemic, Conservative Jews consider whether to make Zoom prayer permanent

Ben Harris
Published April 8, 2021

Stacey Zisook Robinson, 59, poet who was fulfilling a lifelong dream to become a rabbi

Ben Harris
Published March 9, 2021

Transgender Jews are finding a safe haven in an unexpected place: the farm

Ben Harris
Published February 24, 2021

At 87, activist rabbi Arthur Waskow is still protesting — and still getting arrested

Ben Harris
Published January 26, 2021

Theodore Mann, 92, former chairman of Presidents Conference and early critic of Israeli occupation

Ben Harris
Published December 15, 2020

Rabbi Art Green (still) believes Hasidic ideas are key to a vibrant modern Judaism

Ben Harris
Published October 16, 2020

A viral tweet said RBG dying on Rosh Hashanah made her a ‘tzaddik.’ Is that true?

Ben Harris
Published September 21, 2020

One Zoom employee saved High Holidays streaming for 300 synagogues

Ben Harris
Published September 18, 2020

‘I miss you. And I love you’: What American rabbis are thinking as the Jewish new year dawns during the pandemic

Ben Harris
Published September 14, 2020

Meet the 86-year-old Jewish volunteer running a food bank on the outskirts of America

Ben Harris
Published September 8, 2020

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, acclaimed scholar who made the Talmud more accessible, dies at 83

Ben Harris
Published August 7, 2020

Are families fleeing Jewish day schools? Far from it, but it’s complicated.

Ben Harris
Published July 28, 2020

Bertram Korn, 64, former editor of Philadelphia Jewish Exponent

Ben Harris
Published July 17, 2020

Ruth Bader Ginsburg says cancer has returned, chemotherapy ‘yielding positive results’

Ben Harris
Published July 17, 2020

Want to pray with a synagogue minyan? Sign this COVID-19 waiver first.

Ben Harris
Published July 14, 2020

NFL’s Redskins announce intention to change name after years of pressure, including from ADL

Ben Harris
Published July 13, 2020

Netanyahu admits Israel’s economy reopened ‘too soon’

Ben Harris
Published July 10, 2020

Israel outlaws solicitation of prostitution

Ben Harris
Published July 10, 2020

Stephen Jackson talks with rabbi, says ‘I understand the hurt’ over Rothschild comment

Ben Harris
Published July 10, 2020

Lester Wax, 74, vintage car enthusiast with international reputation

Ben Harris
Published June 22, 2020

‘We’ve been milling our heads off’: For some small kosher food purveyors, the coronavirus era is boom time

Ben Harris
Published June 8, 2020

‘I’m not angry at all’: Owner of looted Chicago photo shop vows to rebuild

Ben Harris
Published June 2, 2020

Aaron Rubashkin, 92, patriarch of troubled kosher meat empire

Ben Harris
Published May 27, 2020

I started watching this German rabbi praying alone early in the pandemic, and I couldn’t stop

Ben Harris
Published May 26, 2020

Watching ‘Fauda’ requires suspending disbelief. But it’s worth it.

Ben Harris
Published May 22, 2020

Alison Schwartz, 29, People magazine staffer and devoted gift giver

Ben Harris
Published May 21, 2020

David Behrbom, 47, public school teacher who loved the Yankees

Ben Harris
Published May 19, 2020

Jewish crowdfunding sites meet their moment, raising millions of dollars for coronavirus victims

Ben Harris
Published May 18, 2020

Martin Wenick, 80, leader of Soviet Jewry fight

Ben Harris
Published May 13, 2020

Jerome Spector, 79, candlemaker who planted gardens

Ben Harris
Published May 7, 2020

She survived the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic and COVID-19. What is this 107-year-old’s secret?

Ben Harris
Published May 6, 2020

Benjamin Schaeffer, 58, hero subway conductor who battled transit authority over Jewish holiday

Ben Harris
Published April 30, 2020

Paul Shelden, 79, music educator who founded instrument company

Ben Harris
Published April 27, 2020

Ernest Einzig, 97, Purple Heart winner who left behind over 100 descendants

Ben Harris
Published April 27, 2020

Noach Dear, 66, former New York City councilman and State Supreme Court judge

Ben Harris
Published April 21, 2020

Salomon Podgursky, 84, lived a life of resilience after the Holocaust

Ben Harris
Published April 20, 2020

Rabbi A. Bruce Goldman, 84, antiwar gadfly unafraid of flouting Jewish mainstream

Ben Harris
Published April 14, 2020

Daniel Scully, 69, lived in Vegas but his heart was with the Cubs

Ben Harris
Published April 4, 2020

For Jewish law authorities, the coronavirus has caused an unprecedented flurry of questions

Ben Harris
Published April 2, 2020

Steve Steiner, 75, was public relations director for the Orthodox Union

Ben Harris
Published April 1, 2020

Rabbinical school dean participates in experimental coronavirus treatment

Ben Harris
Published March 27, 2020

3 happy Jewish coronavirus stories to finish the week

Ben Harris
Published March 20, 2020

With communal mourning a health hazard, grieving Jews must sit shiva alone

Ben Harris
Published March 18, 2020

Arson suspected in fire at Israel-run refugee school in Greece

Ben Harris
Published March 10, 2020

Passover in the time of coronavirus: Cancellations mount at kosher resorts

Ben Harris
Published March 3, 2020

Jewish farms are booming. Now the farmers want to grow their community.

Ben Harris
Published February 26, 2020

In World Zionist elections, American Jews who care about Israel get their say

Ben Harris
Published February 20, 2020

Seeking bigger audience, major Polish Jewish festival coming this year to New York

Ben Harris
Published November 8, 2019

Minyans for meditation, artists and doubters: How Jewish day schools are reimagining daily prayer

Ben Harris
Published September 25, 2019

Alumni of these Jewish summer camps are making aliyah in droves

Ben Harris
Published July 15, 2019

For these Israeli startups, design is just as important as technology

Ben Harris
Published June 11, 2019

This medical school is putting a uniquely Jewish spin on doctor training

Ben Harris
Published June 6, 2019

This Jewish guide found healing in the wilderness. Now he’s helping others.

Ben Harris
Published May 23, 2019

Want your kid to excel in college? After high school, try a break in Israel.

Ben Harris
Published May 16, 2019

A pioneering Polish Jewish children’s rights advocate and author is honored 70 years after his murder

Ben Harris
Published December 27, 2018

How to tell if your child is traumatized by the Pittsburgh shooting, and what to do about it

Ben Harris
Published December 18, 2018

This Berlin rabbinical school is creating a new kind of rabbi for Germany’s Jewish communities

Ben Harris
Published December 5, 2018

New documentary series explores centuries of Russian Jewish life

Ben Harris
Published November 23, 2018

Jewish schools grapple with a question: How do you turn a kid into a mensch?

Ben Harris
Published November 12, 2018

For Jewish advocates, UN General Assembly week is a diplomatic marathon

Ben Harris
Published September 28, 2018

Day schools applying science and technology lens to Jewish studies

Ben Harris
Published August 22, 2018

How day schools are using games to make Jewish learning fun

Ben Harris
Published June 4, 2018

These Jewish day schools are breaking the mold to teach fluent Hebrew

Ben Harris
Published April 26, 2018

A Montreal pilgrimage in the footsteps of Leonard Cohen

Ben Harris
Published April 24, 2018

Israel’s Beit Hatfutsot museum gets serious about Jewish humor

Ben Harris
Published April 4, 2018

With Houston still suffering, Jewish groups step up hurricane recovery efforts

Ben Harris
Published March 22, 2018

At summer day camps, ‘fun’ Hebrew immersion program catches on

Ben Harris
Published March 2, 2018

How to land your first job after college

Ben Harris
Published February 5, 2018

For student with unique circumstances, new Jewish two-year college program is a godsend

Ben Harris
Published January 16, 2018

Winter camping and fighting addiction at America’s first Jewish wilderness therapy program

Ben Harris
Published January 10, 2018

The eclipse was exhilarating. Life-changing? Not so much.

Ben Harris
Published August 22, 2017

Jeff Sessions meets with JCC leaders to discuss bomb threats

Ben Harris
Published March 30, 2017

‘Holocaust is fake history’ scrawled on Seattle synagogue

Ben Harris
Published March 12, 2017

Israel bars entry to British activist because of boycott support

Ben Harris
Published March 12, 2017

University of Illinois, Ohio State reject divestment measures

Ben Harris
Published March 12, 2017

Central Michigan Republican student group apologizes for Hitler Valentine’s card

Ben Harris
Published February 9, 2017

National day of Jewish action on refugees planned for Sunday

Ben Harris
Published February 9, 2017

These Jewish summer camps are proud to be basic

Ben Harris
Published February 9, 2017

FBI investigating anti-Jewish email to University of Michigan students

Ben Harris
Published February 9, 2017

Pope Francis meets ADL delegation, condemns anti-Semitism

Ben Harris
Published February 9, 2017

Suspect arrested in Chicago synagogue vandalism

Ben Harris
Published February 9, 2017

Israel immigration authority apologizes for questioning of New Israel Fund leader

Ben Harris
Published February 9, 2017

Islamic State-linked group claims responsibility for Eilat rocket attack

Ben Harris
Published February 9, 2017

Jewish immigration group HIAS files suit against Trump refugee ban

Ben Harris
Published February 8, 2017

Steve Bannon compared Occupy protesters to Nazi Brownshirts in 2012

Ben Harris
Published February 8, 2017

Republicans block House vote on resolution slamming White House Holocaust statement

Ben Harris
Published February 8, 2017

Tzvetan Todorov, literary critic who studied moral aspects of the Holocaust, dies at 77

Ben Harris
Published February 8, 2017

Colorado family files civil rights complaint over teen’s anti-Semitic harassment at school

Ben Harris
Published February 8, 2017