Double standard when it comes to IsraelAs Shabbos drew near, my heart was heavy not only over the loss of four innocent lives in Tel Aviv last week, but also the reactions internationally, nationally and locally. CNN used quotes to label the terrorists...

A different view of TrumpRecent commentaries about Donald Trump on these pages were very disturbing (May 18 commentary, “Donald Trump is a visionary with talents our country needs,” and May 25 Letter to the Editor). Trump embodies the opposite of...

Trump commentaryDouble and triple kudos to the Light for the printing of  Jason Dov Greenblatt’s eloquent “tribute,” if you will, to Donald Trump (May 18 commentary, “Donald Trump is a visionary with talents our country needs”). While numerous...

Legislator links Holocaust and abortion I am disgusted by Missouri Rep. Mike Moon’s attempt to use the Holocaust as a prop in his crusade against reproductive rights. The Kansas City Star quoted Moon as saying: “The silence of those who want to protect...

Apology needed On April 13, the Jewish Light published a cartoon by Steve Greenberg that suggested a “moral equivalence” between the 1968 execution of a Viet Cong officer by a South Vietnamese Police Chief and the shooting of a Palestinian terrorist...

Reactions to editorial cartoon I can’t tell you how disgusted I am at the April 13 editorial cartoon you published in the Jewish Light. As a former St. Louisan now living in Jerusalem, I am beyond embarrassed that my former hometown paper has descended...

Editorial cartoon angers readers I am certain that you will receive a huge amount of mail regarding the Steve Greenberg editorial cartoon in your April 13 issue. Greenberg compares the street shooting of a Viet Cong rebel by a South Vietnamese officer...

Rabbis oppose proposed amendmentAs clergy serving a faith community that strives to be inclusive of all people, we, the members of the St. Louis Rabbinical Association, express our opposition to Missouri Senate Joint Resolution 39 (SJR39) and urge Missouri...

Showing respectI would like to commend the Jewish Light on its journalistic language with regard to the March 9 article about Leo Wolf. In the article, each and every time the Light cited Leo Wolf’s name, they prefaced his last name with the honorific...

Response to rebuttalCharles L. Klotzer’s March 2 letter of rebuttal to Professor J. Martin Rochester’s Feb. 24 commentary in the Jewish Light (“Waiting for the political center to coalesce”) takes umbrage with Rochester’s calling Hillary Clinton...

Clinton-Trump comparison faulty Readers expect columnists to offer controversial fare. Such messages frequently reveal more about the writer’s ideology than the subject explored. Whether they agree or not, readers accept such revelation as the honest...

Response to Rep. Newman commentary[In response to State Rep. Stacey Newman’s January commentary, “What you can do about gun violence.”]Is there a contemporary reference to the often-quoted statistic that 40 percent of firearm purchases happen without...