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

St. Louis Jewish Light

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

St. Louis Jewish Light

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

St. Louis Jewish Light

Pluralism means finding your place in the Jewish story

By Edgar M. Bronfman, JTAPublished May 17, 2012

NEW YORK -- For the past six years The Samuel Bronfman Foundation, which is named in honor of my father and that I now run with my son Adam, has held a conference called "Why Be Jewish?" It is an intimate gathering that seeks to explore an expansive question....

Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert , pictured here in a
Jerusalem court on Jan. 2, where he was on trial over alleged
double-billing for travel expenses, now faces new charges regarding
a real estate scandal. Photo: Uri Lenz/Flash 90/JTA

New indictment of Olmert keeps focus on political corruption

By Linda Gradstein, JTA, JERUSALEMPublished January 11, 2012

The indictment of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and 17 other Israelis on charges related to one of the largest real estate scandals in Israeli history is the latest shoe to drop in a country where political corruption has come to be seen as an epidemic....

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