JCRC responds to articleAlthough we are loathe to continue this conversation, we are highly disappointed that the Jewish Light chose to report on the Jewish Community Relations Council’s Letter to the Editor in the Post-Dispatch without printing the...
By Leah Borden and Steven Puro
• Published February 28, 2019
In traditional Judaism, anger as an emotion is deprecated, and Jewish history to this day shows that anger at legitimate oppression can be turned against Jews. However, Rebbetzin Tziporah Heller in a visit to St. Louis acknowledged that anger can sometimes...
In Israel, there is perhaps no politician more associated today with the two-state solution than Tzipi Livni. As the country’s former foreign minister, lead negotiator with the Palestinians and two-time leader of the opposition, Livni has warned Israelis...
By Jonathan S. Tobin
• Published February 28, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders’s decision to enter the 2020 Democratic presidential race set off some alarm bells for the pro-Israel community.The Vermont Socialist is probably the most critical towards Israel of all the possible major contenders for the nomination....
I am one of 77 million baby boomers in the United States – among the very first, having been born just a couple of months after World War II ended. According to AARP, 10,000 baby boomers are turning 65 every day. Sixty-five percent plan to work past...
LOS ANGELES — I was born in 1995, which means a lot of things. The Twin Towers toppled when I was only in kindergarten. I’m a digital native. In my lifetime, Israel has always existed. And most people have no idea what the word “Zionism” means.At...
BY RABBI DALE SCHREIBER
• Published February 21, 2019
My first experience with this portion was 30 years ago when our eldest son became a bar mitzvah. Ki Tisa is found near the end of the Book of Exodus. Half of Exodus is dedicated to the Mishkan, the Tent of Meeting or portable sanctuary of the wilderness.In...
It’s both fascinating and painful to watch members of the St. Louis business community join with selected public officials and others to roll out the new Better Together plan, which aims to combine St. Louis city and county into a metro government.Fascinating,...
“Would you accompany me, Missouri legislator whom I don’t know, to my OB-GYN’s office?” no woman in our state has ever asked.
In all of my reproductive care appointments since I was 18 years old, from contraception and family planning,...
By Rabbi Seth D. Gordon
• Published February 7, 2019
In our youth, many of us did things that, looking back as adults, we are not proud of. Perhaps we stole an inexpensive item(s) from a store, insulted someone, voiced a prejudice, or worse. We may even smile or chuckle as we reminisce; we were kids. But...
BY MAHARAT RORI PICKER NEISS
• Published February 7, 2019
After weeks of recounting stories of the miracles that God performs on behalf of the Israelites — from a small bush aflame but never consumed to plagues that continuously haunt the Egyptian people, the awe-filled phenomenon of the Exodus and the astonishing...
By Rabbi Ariel Picard
• Published January 10, 2019
JERUSALEM — Israeli politics looks like a big mess right now. In the past few weeks, three new parties have been launched and one party has kicked out a former partner. More changes are likely, too. It probably will get messier still if Prime Minister...
