Last month, on a below freezing day, I rode the Amtrak train from my home in Chicago to my childhood home of St. Louis. I was on my way to a Breaking the Silence event at Congregation B’nai Amoona. Breaking the Silence is an organization of former...
The choice is oursIn response to the Nov. 27 commentary “Two Events One Week Apart,” I offer my impression of two events four days apart that deal with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Full disclosure, I am a co-sponsor of the second event.The first...
By Rabbi Jeffrey Stiffman
• Published November 29, 2019
I recently attended two programs dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian situation. The audience reactions were a dramatic study in contrasts that disturbed me greatly. I am not a member of any of the organizations presenting the programs. I attended each...
An invitation to learn more about St. Louis Friends of IsraelIn the Jewish Light’s Nov. 20 article about the “Breaking the Silence” event (hosted by J Street and The New Israel Fund at Congregation B’nai Amoona) mentioned a local, pro-Israel advocacy...
BY RABBI SETH D. GORDON
• Published November 21, 2019
I braced for an ugly fight. I was first told about a program at Congregation B’nai Amoona in which former soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces would expose horrible things about their experiences in Israel’s military. The group is called Breaking...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published November 21, 2019
Weeks before former soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces started to explain why they had become disillusioned with the Israeli government’s occupation of the West Bank, some people in the St. Louis Jewish community were upset.The veterans were set...
As a pro-Israel, pro-peace American and an active member of the St. Louis Jewish community, I am proud of the event that was held on Nov. 13with members of the group Breaking the Silence. Co-sponsored by J Street – St. Louis and the New Israel Fund,...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published November 21, 2019
The Sh’ma prayer, the eternal watchword of the Jewish faith, commands us to hear, to listen. But recent public discussions about how American Jews should relate to the State of Israel have ignored that plea, devolving from legitimate passion into...
On Nov. 13, Congregation B’nai Amoona will host a program sponsored by J Street and the New Israel Fund with Breaking the Silence, known in Hebrew as “Shovrim Shtika.” There is much controversy as to whether or not mainstream Jewish organizations...
