“Set yourself judges and officers in all your gates,” says Deuteronomy 16:18, two verses before the Torah’s famous injunction, “justice, justice, shall you pursue.” Biblical commentators have observed that the two commandments are related: Because the judges are appointed by the Israelites themselves, they are responsible to the community, and can dispense justice fairly. The…
When Rabbi Jill Jacobs, head of the rabbinic social justice group T’ruah, wanted to travel to Ferguson, Missouri to support protesters, she got in touch with Susan Talve. Talve, 61, is rabbi and spiritual leader of Central Reform Congregation, located a few miles from Ferguson, in downtown St. Louis. Ever since the August death of…
A 90-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor has been arrested in St. Louis during protests over the shooting death of Michael Brown. Hedy Epstein, of St. Louis, was one of nine protesters arrested Monday for blocking the entrance to the downtown St. Louis state office building that houses Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s office, the Nation reported. “I’ve…
Boy aims toy gun at wreckage of a Baghdad car bombing, one of 9 across Iraq that killed 14 on March 5. And that wasn’t Iraq’s worst day in March. / Getty Images Mission Accomplished: Just in time for the 11th anniversary of America’s war to liberate Iraq, a leading global business consulting firm comes…
A graduate of the former Solomon Schechter Day School in St. Louis was one of the six U.S. service members killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the St. Louis Jewish Light reported. The crash that caused the death Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua B. Silverman, 35, is still being investigated by…
The St. Louis Cardinals’ miraculous, epic 10-9 win over the Texas Rangers last night is already being called one of the greatest baseball games ever played. But within minutes of the win, it provoked one of those soul-searching conflicts for St. Louis’ Orthodox Jews: to watch or not to watch the game on Friday night….
A version of this post appeared in Yiddish here. Last month, New York’s central Jewish education agency changed its name, and is now celebrating its new identity with a fascinating exhibit of a fresh new Jewish artist and art educator. The exhibit, hosted by the Jewish Education Project (formerly the Board of Jewish Education of…
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