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St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Editorial

In Lebanon, Hezbollah Smolders

Jewish Light EditorialPublished February 7, 2018

Lebanon, Israel’s neighbor to the north, has been linked to the Jewish State since the days of King Solomon, who used the Cedars of Lebanon in the construction of the First Temple. Today, the growing power of Hezbollah threatens to overshadow that...

Haley Talks Tough at the U.N.

Jewish Light EditorialPublished February 1, 2018

Once again, Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has delivered a passionate and well-reasoned speech to the Security Council that included a pointed attack on Mahmoud Abbas, president of the Palestinian Authority. She said Abbas lacks...

BDS is BAD for Missouri

Jewish Light EditorialPublished January 24, 2018

Ever since the founding of the State of Israel in 1948, efforts have been made to encourage companies and organizations to boycott doing business with the Jewish State, to divest any holdings from their portfolios and to impose sanctions on companies...

Affairs of State

Jewish Light EditorialPublished January 18, 2018

If you’ve ever wanted to be the editor of a newspaper, here’s an exercise to show you what it’s like. Let’s say you are trying to figure out the best display for the two top stories of the day. In one, your state’s chief executive lays out...

In a Hole and Sinking Fast

Jewish Light EditorialPublished January 18, 2018

When you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging. That’s sound advice for someone whose words and deeds are injurious to himself or others — someone like President Donald Trump in the aftermath of his description of Haiti and...

What’s Next for Iran?

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished January 10, 2018

Iran, a complicated nation of 82 million, is in the midst of yet another round of street protests — the most widespread demonstrations targeted against the ruling theocratic regime since the so-called “Green Revolution” in 2009.  Those protests...

Looking Backward, Hoping Ahead

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished January 4, 2018

In the spirit of the ancient Roman god Janus, whose two faces allowed him to look both forward and back, we use this first editorial of 2018 to take one more measure of top people and events of last year and present our hopes for how a turbulent time...

Persistence, Not Petulance

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished December 28, 2017

As the year drew to a close, two news events once again reinforced Israel’s central position in U.S. foreign policy and the need to address tough questions in 2018.First came the release of President Donald Trump’s 68-page foreign policy strategy...

Grinch Strikes Out

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished December 21, 2017

At first, it appeared that the mayors of two cities holy to Christians the world over would curtail their annual Christmas celebrations to protest the U.S. move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.Luckily for those who make the annual pilgrimage...

Masterpiece Theater

Jewish Light EditorialPublished December 21, 2017

While justices on the U.S. Supreme Court ponder whether a Colorado baker has the right to refuse to create a cake for a same-sex wedding, we thought we would present our view by altering one key section of the argument.For those unfamiliar with the saga,...

After Jerusalem Gambit, What Next?

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished December 14, 2017

No one should be surprised that President Donald Trump followed through on his campaign promise to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. What remains to be seen is whether the move jump starts efforts toward a two-state solution in...

Shalom, Entrepreneurs!

Jewish Light EditorialPublished December 7, 2017

If GlobalSTL—an initiative of the nonprofit group BioSTL—succeeds in its goal to turn St. Louis into a Midwestern outpost of Silicon Valley, Israeli entrepreneurs will play a key role.As detailed by Eric Berger in last week’s Jewish Light, St. Louis...

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