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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light
All content by By Rabbi Yonason Goldson

Reject choice between ethics and competence — you can’t have one without the other

By Rabbi Yonason Goldson
Published August 8, 2024
Rabbi Yonason Goldson

Courting connection through distance in love and friendship

BY RABBI YONASON GOLDSON
Published July 9, 2020
Rabbi Yonason Goldson

A moral compass for a lost generation

By Rabbi Yonason Goldson
Published November 14, 2019
Rabbi Yonason Goldson

Why Republicans shouldn’t expect to win over Jewish voters

By Rabbi Yonason Goldson
Published April 25, 2019
RABBI YONASON GOLDSON

Cremation vs. burial: Preserving human dignity in life and death

BY RABBI YONASON GOLDSON
Published January 10, 2019
Rabbi Yonason Goldson

Everywhere is Pittsburgh

By Rabbi Yonason Goldson
Published November 8, 2018
Stanley Jacobs carries U.City Shul’s new Torah during a procession in 2012. To Jacobs’ right are Rabbi Yonason Goldson in background and U.City Shul Rabbi Menachem Tendler.  Photo: Don Meissner 

A lesson in mourning

By Rabbi Yonason Goldson
Published September 13, 2018
The IDF unit of Rabbi Yonason Goldson’s son, Yaakov (back row, center).

My son, the Lone Soldier

BY RABBI YONASON GOLDSON
Published December 28, 2017
Rabbi Yonason Goldson’s latest book is “Proverbial Beauty: Secrets for Success and Happiness from the Wisdom of the Ages,” a collection of practical insights from the Book of Proverbs and the Mona Lisa, available on Amazon. 

Influence of shuttered Block Yeshiva will continue

By Rabbi Yonason Goldson
Published October 19, 2016
Rabbi Yonason Goldson teaches at Block Yeshiva High School.  He is the author of  ‘Dawn to Destiny,’  an analytic overview of Jewish history from Creation through the era of the Talmud.

Media continues its one-sided and distorted ‘coverage’ of Mideast

By Rabbi Yonason Goldson
Published December 5, 2012
Rabbi Yonason Goldson teaches at Block Yeshiva High School.  He is the author of  ‘Dawn to Destiny,’  an analytic overview of Jewish history from Creation through the era of the Talmud.

Denouncing spiritual terrorism

By Rabbi Yonason Goldson
Published January 4, 2012
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