The Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (JCRC) has elected John Kalishman as its new Board Chair, succeeding Robert Millstone whose term recently ended. Kalishman will be inducted during the JCRC’s Annual Meeting on Monday, June 12 at Webster...
Seventy eight years ago, the M.S. St. Louis set sail from Germany carrying 937 passengers, most of them Jewish refugees seeking asylum from Nazi persecution. Turned away from the Cuban, United States, and Canadian borders, the ship was forced to return...
National Council of Jewish Women-St. Louis Section (NCJW), along with Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) and Jews United for Justice (JUJ), will present ROAR, a Jewish leadership training for Resistance, Organizing, Action and Resilience. The...
To mark the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War, the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (JCRC) is accepting proposals for micro-grants to fund programs that “illuminate the discourse around Israel in our modern world,” according to a...
On Dec. 23, I was in the kitchen helping to prepare dinner, absentmindedly listening to the 6 o’clock news. A segment about the passage of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2334 condemning settlement expansion and terrorism came on. As a pro-Israel...
Clarification neededThe Jewish Light’s Jan. 18 article concerning the JCRC’s response to the recent U.N. Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements attributed various statements to me and, for the most part, got it right. In one respect,...
By Maharat Rori Picker-Neiss
• Published January 26, 2017
There is no one way to be pro-Israel. Our Jewish community maintains a strong, passionate, active, and engaged relationship with the State of Israel. How that should manifest, the values we should espouse, the goals we should work toward, the policies...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published January 18, 2017
The Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis has received criticism from some people involved with the organization for its lack of opposition to U.S. actions on the U.N. Security Council Resolution condemning Israeli settlements. Members of the...
Last week, the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (JCRC) sent out an email communication regarding the U.S. abstention on U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 passed on Dec. 23. I would have expected our JCRC to strongly denounce the resolution...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 4, 2017
Religion and politicsRabbi James Bennett of Congregation Shaare Emeth has been invited to participate in the Jan. 9 inauguration of Missouri Governor-elect Eric Greitens, who is a Republican and grew up in the Jewish faith. Bennett will offer the benediction...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 28, 2016
A very foggy Christmas Day didn’t deter participants in the annual Jewish-Muslim Day of Community Service as both communities marked the sixth year of the event.“I think people really feel a need in these challenging times to show support from the...
