BY SAM MOSHER, STAFF WRITER
• Published June 28, 2018
Before Susan Talve became the first rabbi of Central Reform Congregation, she helped start Ohio’s first licensed infant child care program in the workplace. During Talve’s graduate years at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, a classmate who was...
BY ERIC BERGER, STAFF WRITER
• Published April 4, 2018
A Reform rabbi starting a new job this summer in St. Louis will not have to look far to find someone having a similar experience.Four rabbis — including a St. Louis native — will join Central Reform Congregation, Congregation Shaare Emeth and United...
BY RABBI SETH D. GORDON
• Published February 21, 2018
Like you, I learned about the school shooting in Florida from the news. But unlike you, I heard the news from Israel, where I am studying. And probably unlike you, I had a very personal connection: My nephew Zachary and my niece Zoe were in that school.I...
Can we grow as a St. Louis area community? What new elements can be introduced to allow people of different views to listen to outcry on both sides?The acquittal of former St. Louis police Officer Jason Stockley, who had been charged with first-degree...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published September 20, 2017
When Central Reform Congregation posted a letter on Facebook Friday announcing that it would act as a “safe space” for people protesting the not-guilty verdict in the Jason Stockley case, leaders of the synagogue thought that most of the protest would...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief
• Published June 1, 2017
Central Reform Congregation, which since 2001 has lovingly used a leased Torah scroll that was among more than 1,500 such scrolls to survive the Holocaust, has just received that scroll as a gift from Kol Katan. The chavurah/congregation flourished in...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis has awarded $50,000 in grants to 14 Jewish schools, agencies and congregations for inclusive programs. This is the third year that Federation has allocated mini grants to help Jewish organizations eliminate barriers so that...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published February 8, 2017
Rabbi Randy Fleisher and some local nonprofit leaders did not have much faith that President Donald Trump would nominate someone who they could support to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.In fact, before Trump’s announcement, the leaders had already...
Anyone interested in gaining adult-level introductory knowledge of Judaism is invited to enroll in a 16-week session that will meet Tuesday nights from 7 to 9 p.m. starting Feb. 7. “Introduction to Judaism” is designed for Jewish and non-Jewish people...
By Rabbi James Stone Goodman
• Published December 21, 2016
Sometimes I feel as if I am missing something in perspective in the radical now, the holy present that occupies my attention. The present is challenging enough to require my full attention, to be here, now. I don’t have the koyech (strength) to be anywhere...
By Rabbi Randy Fleisher
• Published November 2, 2016
The story of Noah demands that we consider the possibility that our behavior can have a major impact on how the world treats us. Human beings were corrupt and violent, and as if the heart of the world was crying volumes of pain, it rained continuously...
By Rabbi James Stone Goodman
• Published October 5, 2016
Moses spoke to Joshua, his successor. He told him a couple of things but what I remember most is the phrase chazak v’ematz: Be strong and courageous. I loved it when Moses talked about courage. He was one of the few who did.Moses said not to be afraid,...
