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If the Cold War could end, so could the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
While we are awaiting the outcome of the Israel-Iran conflict — at a minimum Israel should demand that the regime renounce its longstanding objective of annihilating the Jewish state — let’s not forget...
View ArticleThe J: Important community institution deserves support
My family has been members of the Jewish Community Center (the J) since 1971. I’ve been a fitness club member since the 1980s. I’ve noticed many contemporaries have decided not to renew their...
View ArticleJewish history teaches us to respect decisions of Missouri voters
What does it mean to live in a “democracy” if the voters speak and the politicians in power overturn your vote and your voice? When your officials disregard the rule of law and you have no way to hold...
View ArticleRemembering Srebrenica, together: A survivor and an ally reflect 30 years later
Next month, in St. Louis—the city with the largest Bosnian community outside of Bosnia and Herzegovina—we gather to mark 30 years since the genocide in Srebrenica. We write to remember what happened,...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Our strength is in showing up, together, even when we disagree
Following the U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis joined Jewish Federations of North America in issuing statements to acknowledge the military action—a...
View ArticleD’var Torah: What Jewish resistance looks like
When my grandfather, Rabbi Benson Skoff, was in the third grade, he ran for class president. He told me that he ran against a girl in his class and that he thought the gentlemanly thing to do would be...
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D’var Torah: Living with mystery and awe
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel devoted much of his writing and teaching to calling people to “Radical Amazement,” or heightened awareness of mystery and awe. “We don’t live in an awareness that all that...
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Talking donkeys? Wonders exist in the world—we simply have to look
There are two muffins baking in an oven, a blueberry and a bran. The bran muffin turns to the blueberry and says, “Is it just me, or is it hot in here?” and the blueberry muffin says, “Holy cow! A...
View ArticleTorah milestone deserves kudos
I read with great interest the article about Stanley Estrin reading from every Torah portion (“Milestone on the bimah,” June 18). Congratulations to Stanley, a great guy and a relative of mine (by...
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‘A snowflake is a snowflake is a snowflake’
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...
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