by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Jan 29, 2024 | Coverage, Missouri
by Rabbi Ze’ev Smason and Rabbi Yonason Goldson in the St. Louis Jewish Light No doubt, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen believed sincerely in their own good intentions when they passed their resolution last week calling on President Joe Biden to work toward a...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Jan 10, 2024 | Missouri, Family Values, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in the St. Louis Jewish Light When the renowned Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky lived in Toronto in the 1940s, his synagogue presented him with a silver platter as a present for Purim. A few days later, one of the shul members saw Rav Kamenetsky in...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Nov 9, 2023 | Op-Eds, Missouri
by Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in the St. Louis Jewish Light Our Israeli brothers and sisters are under attack. So many lives have been taken. Families are bereft. So many are suffering the horrors of captivity. The depth of the evil perpetrators is unthinkable. In the...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Aug 28, 2023 | Op-Eds, Family Values, Missouri
by Rabbi Ze’ev Smason and Barbara A.Olevitch in the St. Louis Jewish Light Pamela R. Winnick told a fascinating story about her father’s illness in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2006. Medical residents had repeatedly asked the family to agree to...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Jul 13, 2023 | Family Values, Missouri, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in the St. Louis Jewish Light Concerning the Jew, Leo Tolstoy wrote: “The Jew is that sacred being who has brought down from heaven the everlasting fire, and has illumined with it the entire world. He is the religious source, spring, and...
