Anyone who has graced the halls of a school knows that the nature of the work within those walls is boundless. The amount of physical effort, time, and emotional resources that students can invest in learning and that teachers can invest in teaching...
By Rabbi Josef A. Davidson
• Published May 25, 2017
It has been said that beginnings are difficult, and that old aphorism holds a great deal of truth. It has also been demonstrated as a law of physics that a body at rest tends to stay at rest, while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. This week,...
By Rabbi James Stone Goodman
• Published April 13, 2017
The week I am writing this, we launched another effort to break the stigma surrounding mental illness in St. Louis (March 19 at the Jewish Community Center of St. Louis), the week after a well-circulated article appeared in The New York Times (“Table...
The Jewish Community Center and the St. Louis Rabbinical Association will present the third annual Jewish Mystic Jam at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21 at the J, 2 Millstone Campus Drive.Experience a master storyteller, sing with the Niggun Collective and...
The Alzheimer’s Association and the St. Louis Rabbinical Association will present “Shedding Light on Alzheimer’s: A Jewish Perspective,” from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday, June 5 at the Jewish Community Center Arts and Education Building, 2 Millstone...
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 Rabbi Dale Schreiber
• Published August 4, 2010
There is a proverb that reads, ‘without vision, people perish.' The Torah projects a vision for what is humanly possible. This week's portion, Re'eh, is found in Deuteronomy, the book which emphasizes social justice, personal ethics and neighborly responsibility....
