JERUSALEM (JTA) — Dr. Stephen Hawking was a rare and inspirational man whose deep insights into the mysteries of the physical universe were matched only by his courage in the face of a cruel, debilitating illness, which he met with good spirit and...
With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mired in scandal, pessimists have the edge, writes Shalom Lipner. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90/JTA)JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israelis tend toward hyperbole. It’s symptomatic of their manic-depressive reality, where...
Although President Donald Trump’s released budget for fiscal year 2019 was not good news for low-income Americans, last year’s proposal from the White House prepared us to expect massive cuts to safety net programs like SNAP (formally known as food...
St. Louis story well told at AIPACI attended the 2018 AIPAC Policy Conference and was excited to see United Hebrew Rabbi Brigitte Rosenberg address the General Assembly. Rabbi Rosenberg recounted the amazing story of the late United Hebrew Rabbi Samuel...
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Danish artist Danh Vo was born in Vietnam and raised a Catholic — essentially the last person you’d expect to be written about in the Jewish press. The Guggenheim Museum here is staging a major retrospective of Vo’s work,...
On the night of Feb. 21, I learned I have atrial fibrillation, a condition that can cause my heart to beat irregularly and way too fast. I didn’t learn this from test results or from a mobile screening program in a van down by the river. I learned it...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published March 7, 2018
Four days after the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution mandating a cease-fire in Syria without delay, the carnage continues with no end in sight. The cease-fire, which was to last for 30 days, was to allow humanitarian...
The complimentary letters by Irl Solomon and Herbert Shapiro on Martin Rochester's Feb. 14 commentary, "Why my dislike of the left trumps my dislike of the president," undermines rational conversation.Calling critics of Trump and Rochester "insufferably...
What do Baby Boomers and elite athletes have in common? Yes, they enjoy sports, albeit from a very different perspective. And they both retire from their careers. But one of the many things they do not have in common is the age at which they retire. ...
I see a number of new collage graduates. I know it’s a rough job market, so you will need to work harder to find a job, and be more flexible about how you’ll acquire experience. Let’s cut to the chase; if you’re graduating and want a job, here...
Editorial on African migrants unconvincingRegarding the Light’s Feb. 14 editorial “Dishonoring the Stranger,” perhaps, since the Sudanese and Eritreans in Israel are laborers, the relevant passage is Genesis 21:10-13. Torah allows for limits to...
By Myrna Meyer and Jean Cavender
• Published February 28, 2018
On Feb. 13, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed a bill banning the use of terms such as “Polish death camps” in relation to Auschwitz and other camps located in Nazi occupied Poland. In addition, the law would make it illegal to accuse Poland of...
