by CJV | Nov 9, 2025 | Missouri
By Jordan Palmer in St. Louis Jewish Light Missouri’s Jewish community was recognized at the Capitol after Gov. Mike Kehoe signed a proclamation naming October as Jewish Heritage Month. The proclamation was officially signed Sept. 15, 2025, but the ceremony...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Oct 22, 2025 | Missouri, Op-Eds
Originally published in St. Louis Jewish Light Goldie Cohen, an elderly Jewish lady from the Bronx, goes to her travel agent. “I vant to go to India.” The travel agent warns her about the long journey, but Goldie insists. After arriving in India, she joins the long...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Jul 9, 2025 | Missouri, Op-Eds
Originally published in St. Louis Jewish Light Tired of the summer heat? Let’s cool off by stepping into the “treasury of snow,” as described in the Book of Job (38:22). Where does one go to learn about snow? The internet, of course. According to SnowCrystals.com,...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Apr 3, 2025 | Missouri, Op-Eds
Originally published in the St. Louis Jewish Light To most people, the 2005 movie “Wedding Crashers” is a lighthearted comedy romp in which two lovelorn bachelors crash weddings to meet women. But imagine the following scenario: At your daughter’s 500-person wedding,...
by Rabbi Yonason Goldson | Mar 23, 2025 | Op-Eds, Missouri
originally published in St. Louis Jewish Light Even after four decades, I can still visualize sitting in Professor Richard Levin’s classroom at the University of California when he introduced us to The Merchant of Venice. Clearly, he would have preferred to ignore the...
by CJV | Jan 31, 2025 | Missouri, Coverage
by Jack Suntrup in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch A St. Louis County lawmaker’s illegal immigration legislation would encourage racial profiling and create fear, opponents told a Missouri Senate committee on Monday. The proposal, by state Sen. David Gregory of...
