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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

Tel Aviv seeks approval to run buses on Shabbat

JTA • Published February 21, 2012

JERUSALEM -- The Tel Aviv City Council approved a resolution to allow public transportation to run on Shabbat. The measure was approved Monday evening by a vote of 13-7 The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality must now seek a permit from the Transportation Ministry....

Rabbi Mark Shook

Finding God in the details of Mishpatim

BY RABBI MARK LESLIE SHOOK • Published February 15, 2012

"Oh rabbi, I may not follow everything in the Torah, but I do believe in the Ten Commandments. That should count for something." Indeed. I wish I had a dime for every time I heard that approach to the observance or rather non-observance of biblical laws....

Torah portion deserves critical examination

BY DAVID A. RUBIN • Published October 5, 2011

I was disappointed by the Sept. 14, 2011 D'var Torah. Rabbi James Stone Goodman's prose was certainly interesting, and it would be to the Jewish Light's advantage to publish it more often, perhaps in a column dedicated to our local poets and writers.Unfortunately...

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