A person’s faith should be personal and private, but once a governor uses “prayer” to rally support for his special extraordinary session, he must be called out.
Who is he praying for? Me? You? Republicans? Democrats? Women? Which women?
Missouri...
“Who is truly strong? One who controls her/his impulses.” – Ben Zoma, Pirkei Avot, 4:1
Inspired by the upcoming bat mitzvah of our youngest, Ellior Liat, who will celebrate her coming-of-age this Shabbat Morning at Congregation B’nai...
BY ROBERT A. COHN | Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published December 28, 2016
“Show me the fiercest general and he will tremble before a skirt.” — Napoleon Bonaparte
Zsa Zsa Gabor, the Jewish-born actress and femme fatale who died Dec. 18 at the age of 99, collected nine husbands and countless lovers during her long...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published October 19, 2016
This story was originally published on October 19, 2016
The one-woman play “Golda’s Balcony,” which is being performed through Oct. 30 at the New Jewish Theatre, features actress Lavonne Byers in a stunning portrayal of the late Israeli Prime...
MIAMI (JTA) — Growing up, I always dreamed of being a mom. Even as a kid I would brainstorm baby names, tell my dolls bedtime stories and swear that I would be a cool mom and let them eat cookies for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I had it all planned...
For gun violence survivors, this past week was momentous. Many around the country who have become accidental activists joined President Barack Obama at the White House as he signed executive orders enforcing federal firearm background checks. They...
Suzanne Pollak, Washington Jewish Week via JTA
• Published January 3, 2016
Ellen Gerecht, executive director of the National Center to Encourage Judaism, at her office in Silver Spring, Maryland, Dec. 29, 2015. (Suzanne Pollak/Washington Jewish Week)
Maybe it’s the centuries of living under Christian and Muslim rule....
ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published November 18, 2015
October marked the 50th anniversary of the approval of the historic, 6,000-word Nostra Aetate (“In Our Time”), through which the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church preached tolerance of non-Christian religions.
Six hundred words...
Behar and Behukotai, the last parashiyot of the book of Leviticus, outline a series of agricultural and economic laws and conclude with a series of conditional blessings, if we remain faithful to the Covenant, and curses, if we do not.
These laws...
ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published December 17, 2014
No one can deny the enormous, multi-decade contributions that Jews have made to American musical theater and the classic American songbook.
On the topic of Jews in Music, Darryl Lyman’s book “Great Jews in Music” (Jonathan David Publishers,...
Nathan Perlstein, died October 12, 2014. Beloved husband of the late Estelle Kutten Perlstein and the late Janet Alper Perlstein; dear father and father-in-law of the late Gregory Perlstein of Kansas City, Kan., Madelon (the late Andrew) Scallet...
Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 21, 2014
For several years, as Memorial Day approaches, I have wanted to write about my University City neighbor, Dr. Eric Berla, who flew medevac helicopters for the 1st Cavalry Division in Vietnam in 1968 and 1969, two very interesting and dangerous years...
