WASHINGTON -- Jewish groups split on a federal appeals court ruling that allows same-sex couples to marry in California. The 2-1 decision Tuesday by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot measure that said same-sex...
WASHINGTON-Barack Obama won't show up on the vote tallies after polls close in Florida's Republican primary on Jan. 31, but the president's supporters already are waging a fight for the Sunshine State. Democrats are rolling out a campaign to rival any...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 18, 2012
From kosher food certification to separation of church and state to a ballot initiative on photo identification for voting, the local Jewish community looks forward to a diverse agenda as the Missouri General Assembly resumes work in Jefferson City this...
Rabbinical Council statement on Beit Shemesh We, the undersigned pulpit Rabbis of the Rabbinical Council of St. Louis, strongly and unambiguously condemn the recent violence and intimidation committed by a group of misguided individuals in the Jewish...
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....
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published December 28, 2011
Looking out over a sea of people in garb ranging from hijabs to yarmulkes to baseball caps, enjoying laughter and conversation with one another over bagels and coffee on a holiday few in the room even celebrate, Batya Abramson-Goldstein couldn't help...
I came to this country as an immigrant, not unlike the ancestors of many in the Jewish community who arrived here around the turn of the 20th Century. One of the greatest families in my extended family, who had been living in the United States for more...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published November 2, 2011
Ellen Alper looks out at a parking lot framed with a backdrop of passing cars on Lindbergh Boulevard and finds herself hoping for a mild winter. "I'm going to pray that it doesn't snow," she laughs, "because now I have to pay for the snow removal." It's...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published August 31, 2011
"In Greek and Roman mythology the goddess of wisdom, Pallas Athena or Minerva, was symbolized by an owl. The creature's keen ability to see through darkness, obscurity and symbolic ignorance, made it synonymous with education and intellect."The above...
By Leanne Ortbals, Jewish Light Intern
• Published July 27, 2011
As eight-year-old Malina browsed the Back-to-School! Store on Sunday, she wasn't distracted by former Missouri Senator Jean Carnahan walking alongside. Malina's only focus was the racks of clothes, shoes and school supplies packed into Central Reform...
By Ellen Futterman, Edtior
• Published June 22, 2011
They have names like Chai Riders, Jews that Cruise and Shalom n' Chrome. Yes, that's right, I am talking about Jewish bikers, big-time motorcycle enthusiasts. Hillel's Angels. Like religion, they are even organized. In fact, the Jewish Motorcycle Alliance...
The majority Republican party in the Missouri General Assembly has caused passage of Senate Bill 3. which would require Missouri voters to present a non-expired government-issued photo ID in order to vote in elections. The bill now heads to the desk of...
