by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Jul 25, 2024 | Op-Eds, Family Values, Missouri
by Rabbi Zev Smason in the St. Louis Jewish Light Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, a Swiss American psychiatrist, told of a terminally ill woman who was in the hospital and begged the doctors to help her survive long enough to attend her son’s wedding. If she could just get to...
by Rabbi Dov Fischer | Jul 20, 2024 | Family Values, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator (NOTE: As my readers well know, it is customary among many Orthodox Jews to hyphenate nouns referring to the Creator of Heaven and Earth in awe of His holiness and the holiness of His name, which may not be taken in vain;...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | May 22, 2024 | Missouri, Family Values, Op-Eds
by Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in the St. Louis Jewish Light Fourteen years ago, I received an unusual phone call. The call was from a nun. Sister Mary called to tell me that Dale, a Jewish man who was a student of mine, had suddenly passed away at the age of 45. She...
by Rabbi Dov Fischer | May 3, 2024 | Op-Eds, Family Values
by Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator The glorious eight-day festival of Pesach (Passover) ended Tuesday night. It coincided with the end of a challenging four-week recovery period from a surgery that was followed by severe post-op complications. I am 80...
by Rabbi Ze'ev Smason | Apr 3, 2024 | Op-Eds, Family Values
by Rabbi Ze’ev Smason in the St. Louis Jewish Link Dear Rabbi, My husband and I just found out we’re expecting. This pregnancy hasn’t come at the best time; we’re facing difficult financial pressures, and it just doesn’t seem like the right time for us to have 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...
