BY PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published April 21, 2011
In the Great Depression, Clifford Odets wrote "Awake and Sing!," a play about a family's responses to challenges that sound eerily familiar. Kathleen Sitzer, artistic director of the New Jewish Theatre, ticks off those challenges: A broken economy, war...
By Sue Fishkoff, JTA SAN FRANCISCO
• Published April 21, 2011
Nobody thought much about the shabby but quiet middle-aged man who showed up last weekend at an Orthodox study hall in suburban Cleveland.But when police came Monday and arrested the man, Ron Hirsch, 60, on charges of setting off a bomb next to the Chabad...
How you perceive South African Judge Richard Goldstone's recent opinion piece in the Washington Post probably depends on who you see when you look in the mirror.If you're a closed-minded, "defend Israel and the Israeli government no matter what" sort,...
With Richard Goldstone himself admitting that the infamous Goldstone Report was critically flawed, this is the best opportunity we have had in two years to bring to light the misconceptions of Operation Cast Lead.In his April 2 op-ed in The Washington...
Some day St. Louis will be on the map, as the place where Larry Levin, Publisher/CEO for the Jewish Light, founded the movement for "Interfaith Food."As a Reform Jew (my daughter's family belongs to Shaare Emeth) who believes in tikkun olam (Healing the...
By Ron Kampeas, JTA WASHINGTON
• Published April 13, 2011
The speaker invited then uninvited. The signature on the petition removed. The activity joined, then unjoined. The job threatened. Rabbis and Jewish professionals increasingly are being faced with a dilemma over discussing divisive topics - especially...
The Central Agency for Jewish Education announces the 2011 Israel merit-based scholarship awardees. The recipients were chosen on the basis of an essay, their activities in the Jewish community, commitment to continued Jewish education and high school...
By Margi Lenga Kahn, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 13, 2011
When it comes to Matzah Brei, that perennial Passover favorite, there seem to be as many versions of this treat as there are Jewish families in St. Louis. There is something about the combination of matzah and eggs that brings out the creative muse...
By Sue Fishkoff, JTA SAN FRANCISCO
• Published April 13, 2011
Nearing its 80th birthday, perhaps it was time the most printed Passover Haggadah in history had a major facelift. The Maxwell House Passover Haggadah, which has had more than 50 million copies published, hits the shelves -- and supermarkets -- this spring...
BY ABBY ABRAMS, SENIOR, LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH SCHOOL
• Published April 13, 2011
I am involved in JAM (Jews and Muslims), a teen dialogue group sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC). We meet twice a month to discuss religious and cultural topics as well as current events. When I first started participating in...
Two weeks before the recent Egyptian uprising, I was traveling as the sole Jewish member of a university-sponsored educational trip in the Arab world. While the prior January I had traveled to Israel with Rabbi Hershey Novack of Chabad on Campus on a...
Has the Light run out of material or have you lost your way? Space is usually at a premium in the Light. Why are you using valuable space to promote church activities? The article, "Family Friendly Fry-day Night," (March 30) is an outrage to be printed...
