After inmates at the St. Louis medium-security jail — better known as the infamous city workhouse — sweltered through last week’s heat, Mayor Lyda Krewson finally announced that the city has ordered four portable air conditioners for the facility. That...

In Jerusalem, the city that houses some of the holiest sites in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, increasing violence by Palestinians against Israelis and efforts by Israel to contain the deadly crisis already have claimed the lives of at least three Israelis...

Given the relentless speed of news developments these days, it’s hard for anyone, much less the editorial page of a weekly publication, to keep up. But as revelations continue about the Russian connection to President Donald Trump’s  campaign, other...

Just before departing for Hamburg for his first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump tweeted a trumped-up video showing a fake wrestling match featuring the president pummeling a figure whose face was the...

Faced with the choice of safeguarding the surface of a preschool playground at a mid-Missouri church or maintaining a strong, traditional separation of church and state, seven justices of the U.S. Supreme Court sided with the preschoolers. How far the...

If anyone needs more tangible proof that internal divisiveness threatens Israel’s survival as much as hostile outside forces, if not more so, the decision by the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel the historic agreement for a...

Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and chief Middle East adviser, and administration negotiator Jason Greenblatt, formally entered the shark tank of Middle East peace efforts last week, for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

The minuscule Arab state of Qatar,  awash with untold billions in oil revenue, has come into sharp focus in recent weeks, and not always in the best light. But its importance in the effort for Mideast peace means it should not be isolated, as several...

What will happen this time?After outrage and anguish surrounding the shooting of U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and others during practice for the congressional baseball game, will calls for a renewed emphasis on responsible controls on gun violence...

“Justice, Justice you shall pursue.” — Deut. 16.20The above quote from our sacred Torah is one of the bedrock values of the Jewish faith. Last week’s much anticipated testimony by fired FBI Director James Comey on his meetings with President...

Fifty years ago, the very existence of Israel hung in the balance. Egypt’s fiery dictator, Gamal Abdel Nasser, shocked the world by ordering the immediate removal of the United Nations Emergency Force from the Sinai Peninsula. Incredibly, the anti-Western...

The $4.1 trillion budget request unveiled by President Donald Trump’s administration last week came in a document optimistically but  misleadingly labeled “A New Foundation for American Greatness.”As inspiring as that title is designed to be, the...