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...
by CJV | May 11, 2023 | Coverage, Missouri, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Ze’ev Smason and Rabbi Yonason Goldson in the St. Louis Jewish Light You’ve seen the photograph. Three Israeli paratroopers, their eyes glistening with tears, gaze up at the ancient stones of the Western Wall in awe and wonder. Jerusalem is ours! On...
by Rabbi Yonason Goldson | Apr 11, 2023 | Op-Eds, Missouri
by Rabbi Yonason Goldson in the St. Louis Jewish Light When society lacks any common code of morals or ethics, values become a philosophical free-for-all. But in a culture built on the bedrock of core principles, a system of absolute values will naturally emerge. The...
by CJV | Mar 23, 2023 | Coverage, Headlines, Missouri
As appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 2,000 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in American public policy, today announced the launch of CJV Missouri, to pursue its mission of promoting traditional Jewish values with...
by CJV | Mar 22, 2023 | Press Releases, Missouri
Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 2,000 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in American public policy, today announced the launch of CJV Missouri, to pursue its mission of promoting traditional Jewish values with legislators, media, and the public at the...