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

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

St. Louis Jewish Light

Larry Greenfield

AIPAC must get tough with the anti-Israel left

By Larry GreenfieldPublished April 4, 2019

AIPAC has long promoted bipartisanship as the key to maintaining broad support for the U.S.-Israel relationship. Members of Congress from both parties regularly attend its annual policy conference, which concluded Tuesday, and the organization’s biggest...

Brianna Goodwin

300 millennial Jewish leaders to Netanyahu: You’re making it hard for us to defend Israel

BY BRIANNA GOODLIN & DANIEL B. JEYDELPublished March 28, 2019

Before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes the stage at the AIPAC policy conference next week, he will have received a letter from hundreds of concerned millennial Jewish Zionists from across North America.As millennials on the frontlines of Israel...

Jonathan S. Tobin

Reaction to Trump’s Golan move illustrates growing divide over Israel

By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNSPublished March 28, 2019

It was a day for Israelis to cheer the unprecedented degree of closeness between their nation and its sole superpower ally. Using his favorite form of communication, U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted a clear intention to discard yet another longstanding...

Laura E. Adkins

Republican Party has its own Israel problem

BY LAURA E. ADKINS, JTAPublished March 28, 2019

Gallup’s 2019 World Affairs Survey confirms something that’s held true for decades: Most American voters, whether Democrat or Republican, support and sympathize with Israel.Reading the report amid the national uproar over Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s...

Emily Ray Baraf

Empowered feminism is the real hero of the Purim story

By EMILY RAY BARAFPublished March 21, 2019

Purim is often filled with boisterous celebrations, drinking and an embrace of the otherwise taboo.Yet the Book of Esther recounts a traditional story that confines to the most damaging stereotypes about women, especially in its portrayal of queens Esther...

Rabbi Noah Arnow

Leave the symbols on for all to see

BY RABBI NOAH ARNOWPublished March 21, 2019

I feel like I’m always walking around my house turning off lights in empty rooms. It bugs me to waste electricity, to waste money, lighting rooms unnecessarily. I do the same thing at my synagogue, too. But there’s one light at synagogue that never...

Michael Oberlander

Amalek, Al Noor and Linwood Mosques, and Purim

BY MICHAEL OBERLANDERPublished March 21, 2019

Last Friday, we woke up to the horrific news of massacres at the Al Noor and Linwood mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was another sucker punch to the gut so soon after the killings at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. As of now, we know...

Letters to the editor: March 20, 2019

Letters to the editor: March 20, 2019

Published March 21, 2019

Open letter to the Muslim communityDear Muslim Brothers and Sisters: As we watched the news unfold out of New Zealand last night, we felt sick. The terror attack on the mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand where at least 49 Muslims were murdered and...

RABBI JOSEF DAVIDSON

Don’t be a Fonz: Admitting one’s mistakes in seeking redemption

BY RABBI JOSEF DAVIDSONPublished March 14, 2019

One of the most popular programs on television during the 1970s was “Happy Days,” a nostalgic comedy about the late 1950s and early 1960s. During a turbulent era (when have we not lived through a turbulent era?), “Happy Days” provided a romanticized...

Henry Abramson

At Purim, eat, drink but avoid getting too merry

By Henry AbramsonPublished March 14, 2019

Every year before Purim, my inbox and social media fill up with dire exhortations from rabbis and yeshivas warning against the dangers of celebratory excess – as if drunkenness on the holiday were something new.In reality, the after-Purim regrets have...

MARTY ROCHESTER

Trump, anti-Semitism and socialism

BY MARTY ROCHESTERPublished March 14, 2019

Last month, President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address to Congress. It was relatively well-received by the general public, with 60 percent of viewers reporting a “very positive” reaction, which was higher favorability than most...

Jonathan S. Tobin

Will Israel policy be on the line in 2020?

By Jonathan S. TobinPublished February 28, 2019

Sen. Bernie Sanders’s decision to enter the 2020 Democratic presidential race set off some alarm bells for the pro-Israel community.The Vermont Socialist is probably the most critical towards Israel of all the possible major contenders for the nomination....

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