For centuries, the number 13 has been considered unlucky, or even downright bad luck. While the number 12 has historically been viewed as the number of completeness, 13 has been seen as an outlier, something that lies distinctively outside the main body...
By Larry Levin, Publisher/CEO & Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published May 5, 2016
We have had a significant response to an editorial cartoon that we ran in April called “Street Justice.” This cartoon was provided to us by Steve Greenberg, a longstanding editorial cartoonist who syndicates to a number of Jewish publications....
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...
We all knew it was coming; there was no way to avoid it. It was bound to catch up and impose its will. I’m talking, of course, about the concept of “regression to the mean” and its impact on the 2016 Cardinals.Last season, a historically strong...
(JTA) — They survived unimaginable horrors, yet went on to live productive lives, despite the haunting memories, the profound loss and physical scars from years of deprivation. Now many Holocaust survivors need our assistance so they may live their...
By Larry Levin, Publisher/CEO
• Published April 29, 2016
Nu? Miami Marlins’ star infielder Dee Gordon busted for steroids.Hmmm…is that really worth a “nu”? Seems like more of an eyeroll is in order. Gordon’s the second player of import nailed in the last few weeks, Toronto’s Chris Colabello being...
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...
Belgians viewing tributes at Place De La Bourse in Brussels to the victims of the March 22 terrorist attack at the city’s airport, March 23, 2016. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)BRUSSELS (JTA) — I was feeling nervous about coming to Brussels for...
For the second consecutive year, this is a story that I wish I didn’t need to write. But for the second consecutive year, I’m left with no choice but to help my local Jewish community heal through the best way that I know how to do so—writing.Leading...
Toshiaki Karasawa plays Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese consul in Lithuania who saved some 6,000 Jews, in “Persona Non Grata,” a 2015 film shot in Poland with an international cast. (Courtesy of “Persona Non Grata” film partners)(JTA) — The story...
Rumor has it the Chicago Cubs have gone over a century without winning a World Series. But that didn’t stop Vegas from making them 4-1 favorites to win it all in 2016. This week, your St. Louis Cardinals hosted the new-and-improved North Siders, and...
By Olga Chernov-Gitin, Kveller via JTA
• Published April 21, 2016
My son is 4 ½, a delightful age when he is still full of sometimes grammatically incorrect sentences that provide a glimpse into the magical and unique way that children see the world. In everything, my husband and I look for teaching moments. Our policy...
