By Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg
• Published July 5, 2019
In this week’s parashah, we meet Korach, for whom this parashah is named. He is Moses’ and Aaron’s first cousin and is known as a rebel, as he amassed 250 Israelites to join him in challenging the authority of Moses and Aaron. Korach says to Moses...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published October 25, 2018
Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg of United Hebrew Congregation participated in a rabbinic mission to Israel last week. The group of 20 rabbis from the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox movements was able to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The goal...
The Jewish Fund for Human Needs (JFHN) announced last week that it will award an emergency grant to enable DACA recipients to apply for renewal of their status. It also will launch an effort to fundraise for additional support within the Jewish community....
BY RABBI BRIGITTE ROSENBERG
• Published January 4, 2018
“Behind every great man is a great women.”Though we don’t often hear this phrase anymore, it was once touted by the early feminist movement. Today, we might alter the phrase and utilize the words “next to or beside.” But regardless of the...
By Rabbi Brigitte S. Rosenberg
• Published July 27, 2016
What would you do if one day you were told: “It is your time to die, get your affairs in order.” What would you be thinking about? What would you want to get done? Need to get done? Can you even imagine how you would feel?In this week’s parashah,...
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 PATRICIA CORRIGAN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 19, 2010
Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg has been appointed the next senior rabbi at United Hebrew Congregation in Creve Coeur. On Nov. 17, the congregation's Board of Trustees unanimously ratified the recommendation of the rabbinic search committee and made the appointment....
