Jewish Light Editorial
• Published November 21, 2018
In a week devoted to family and friends and football, not to mention stuffed turkeys and stuffed guests, we thought it would be a good time to ease up on opinions about all of the partisan politics and rough rhetoric that usually turn up in this spot.Fires...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published November 16, 2018
Two separate Missouris showed up at the polls last Tuesday.One was progressive. It approved medical marijuana, supported reforms on lobbying and redistricting, raised the state’s minimum wage and, in St. Louis County, imposed stricter limits on the...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published November 16, 2018
After one of the most bitterly divisive midterm elections in recent memory, harsh partisanship rages on. Republicans slightly increased their majority in the Senate, while the Democrats regained their majority in the House of Representatives. There...
“Superman, can you fix my country?”The small, sad voice echoed through the silence. It felt like everything in the room stopped at that moment. It was Superhero Week at the Jewish Coalition for New Americans (JCNA) summer camp. The half-day four-week...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published November 8, 2018
When he reimposed sanctions on Iran, President Donald Trump called the move part of “a campaign of economic pressure to deny the regime the funds it needs to advance its bloody agenda.” Let’s hope it works out that way.The president’s announcement...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published November 1, 2018
Eleven Jewish stars, with the names of the victims of the horrific mass shooting last Shabbat, stand on the lawn outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. In our tradition, the number 11 is said to represent the 11 stars in Joseph’s dream....
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published November 1, 2018
At Sunday’s community vigil to commemorate victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue murders, the most enthusiastic audience response came when the crowd was urged to exercise their power at the ballot box to put their priorities in place.At a time when events...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published October 25, 2018
Just when we think that even Donald Trump has limits on how much he can disregard the truth comes the monumentally incompetent mishandling of the disappearance and apparent murder and dismemberment of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The president’s...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published October 18, 2018
Like the comet that shares her name, Nikki Haley blazed a bright path through the often opaque, difficult-to-comprehend foreign policy of the Trump administration. With her departure, we hope the president finds someone with equal talent and international...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published October 18, 2018
“If you build it, he will come.” Many of us remember that memorable line from the 1989 film, “Field of Dreams,” when Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (played by Kevin Costner) hears this directive, builds a baseball diamond and to his surprise — and...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published October 11, 2018
No matter how you feel about the outcome of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation, no one should be happy about how badly the process was scarred by politics. In the end, the debate and invective of recent weeks doesn’t help Kavanaugh, Congress or the Supreme...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published October 11, 2018
Jason Kander, acknowledged as a rising star in Missouri politics and the Democratic Party, surprised many supporters and admirers with last week’s announcement that he was dropping his race to become mayor of Kansas City to seek treatment for depression...
