By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 25, 2018
After he stopped working, David Lander felt he’d have more time for other pursuits. It turns out he was right.
“One of the things I wondered when I retired was, ‘Is there an upward limit on how many hours a day or a week someone could read?”...
Jews United for Justice (JUJ) seeks participants in forming the Jewish response to the Ferguson Commission Report. JUJ was formed in St. Louis to provide a progressive voice in the Jewish community and a Jewish voice in the Progressive community. The...
Jews United for Justice (JUJ) plans to hold an advocacy and educational program for the Jewish community, in hopes of defeating the Missouri Voter ID Requirement Amendment, or Constitutional Amendment 6, which will be on the Nov. 8 in Missouri.The JUJ...
Jews United for Justice and other St. Louis groups have planned “Forward Through Ferguson: The Jewish Community Response,” a social justice town hall meeting, for 6:45 p.m. Monday, July 18 at Congregation B’nai Amoona, 324 S. Mason Road in Creve...
The Eighth Annual Heschel/King Celebration co-sponsored by Jews United For Justice and the Missouri Historical Society will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 11 at Duff’s Restaurant, 392 N. Euclid Avenue in the Central West End. Every year this...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published January 12, 2012
The birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be marked this year on Monday, Jan. 16. Considering his major accomplishments as the leader of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement - for which he earned a well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize - it is still hard...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published January 4, 2012
St. Louis had a year of ups and downs in 2011, saying farewell to some beloved communal leaders, one local congregation and two longtime kosher mainstays. The community pulled together in response to the tragic devastation of the tornado that struck Joplin....
