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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Rabbi Eliezer Finkelstein of Bais Abraham Congregation.

D’var Torah: Jews expect our leaders to model justice, morality

RABBI ELIEZER FINKELSTEIN, Bais Abraham CongregationPublished August 28, 2025

Much of the Book of Devarim deals with the obligation we have as a people to remain separate. We are obligated not to follow the customs of the people whose land we are conquering nor to assimilate ourselves among them. This is due to a culture and...

The 2023 delegation from Washington University in St. Louis taking part in the Campus Leaders Israel Experience.

Pursuing justice through truth

RABBI JORDAN GERSONPublished August 16, 2023

I recently returned from leading a delegation of 19 students from Washington University in St. Louis to Israel to learn about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This fact-finding mission, called the Campus Leaders Israel Experience, travels through...

Rabbi Michael Alper

D’var Torah: We’ve come a long way, but our kids are still not safe

RABBI MICHAEL ALPERPublished September 2, 2022

People are often surprised and, to be fair, a little wary, when they learn the topic of my rabbinical thesis. While many of my classmates chose practical themes that would help them in their rabbinate, such as  “Judaism in the Age of iPhones” or...

Central Reform Congregation. Photo: Bill Motchan

Rabbi James Stone Goodman: Justice and righteousness meet myth and rationality

Rabbi James Stone GoodmanPublished August 12, 2021

Justice is elusive. We learn this from this week’s Torah portion,  the famous tzedek tzedek — justice reiterated and pursued (Deuteronomy 16:20) — a reminder that justice, true justice, transformative justice, necessary justice, requires us to...

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