By Ron Kampeas, JTA, WASHINGTON
• Published May 4, 2011
With conservative lawmakers across the United States trying to outlaw sharia, or Islamic religious law, Jewish organizations are concerned that halachah could be next.If the state legislative initiatives targeting sharia are successful, they would gut...
Jewish Federation of St. Louis is offering young Jewish adults between the ages of 27-40 who have never been to Israel the opportunity of a lifetime. St. Louis philanthropists Ron and Pam Rubin are sponsoring the Fourth Annual Rubin Israel Experience...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published April 13, 2011
Rep. Jake Zimmerman may be a Democrat but he's sure of one thing about his new job."There is not a Democratic or Republican way to assess a house," he said. "There is just a right way."Zimmerman, 36, will get the chance to perfect that method as he serves...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published April 6, 2011
Remembering Richie Richie Herskowitz was born with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), a genetic respiratory and digestive disease. In 1996, at the age of 6, Richie became the youngest CF patient to receive a double-lung transplant. The operation took place at St....
