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St. Louis Jewish Light

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

Reconsideration of state aid to Jewish schools is welcome

By Nathan Diament, JTAPublished April 19, 2012

WASHINGTON -- For decades, the American Jewish community has debated the advisability, constitutionality and necessity of government aid to Jewish (and other faiths’) parochial schools. But with the United States still experiencing tough economic challenges,...

Jewish groups must bring young volunteers on board

By Jon Rosenberg and Lee ShermanPublished April 5, 2012

Nonprofits in the United States don’t just benefit from government contracts and charitable donations. Some 62.8 million volunteers in the United States provided more than 8 billion hours of their time to nonprofits in 2010 at an estimated value of...

Zella Esrock

Zella Esrock, 86; longtime Light cooking columnist

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished April 4, 2012

Zella Esrock, whose “love affair with food” led her to write the popular “Zella’s Place” cooking column for the St. Louis Jewish Light for 23 years, died Monday, March 26 at her home in Chesterfield.  She had suffered from late stage lung cancer,...

Editorial: Boo Beinert’s Boycott

Published March 28, 2012

We have consistently opposed those who promote boycotts against Israel based on its relations with the Palestinian leaders and territories. In fact, last year we suggested the so-called BDS movement (boycott, divestment, sanctions) should more appropriately...

Beinart’s boycott plan deals a blow to peace bid

By Steven Bayme, JTAPublished March 22, 2012

NEW YORK -- Far from charting a path toward peace for Israelis and Palestinians, Peter Beinart’s advice, “boycott the settlements to save Israel,” would make peace far less likely. Beinart’s boycott plan assumes that Jewish settlement on the West...

Controversial Israeli ad geared to expats resurfaces

JTAPublished March 15, 2012

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli ad aimed at expatriates living in the U.S. that had come in for criticism by the American Jewish community has reappeared online and in an Israeli magazine. The ad, calling on Israelis living in the United States to return to Israel,...

‘When General Grant Expelled the Jews,’ 224 pages, $24.95

Book examines role of Grant and the telegraph in shaping fate of American Jews

By Matt Robinson, JointMedia News ServicePublished March 14, 2012

Appointed Chief Historian for the 350th commemoration of the American Jewish community, Jonathan D. Sarna is recognized as one of the leading commentators on the history of his people in the U.S.  That history, however, includes episodes when those people...

Elise Jarvis

Community security is everyone’s responsibility

By Elise Jarvis, JTAPublished February 22, 2012

By Elise Jarvis JTA   NEW YORK—The recent attacks against Israeli diplomats abroad, which are suspected to have been carried out by Iran or its proxies, and the recent series of high-profile anti-Semitic incidents in the United States have raised...

A proud Jew

By Sean FrazierPublished February 17, 2012

Michael Frazier is the winner of BBYO’s AZA Oratory contest, the results of which were announced at BBYO’s International Convention 2012 taking place this week in Atlanta, Ga. He addressed the prompt: “Am I a Jewish American or American Jew? Jewish...

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