By Thabet Abu Ras and Eli Bahar
• Published March 30, 2016
JERUSALEM — Few stories illustrate the unfeeling and aggressive attitude of the Israeli government toward the Arab-Bedouin population of the Negev as well as the case of Atir-Umm al-Hiran.The residents of this unrecognized Bedouin village in southern...
Last week, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis joined Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s trade mission to Israel, marking a new phase in our efforts to strengthen economic ties between our region and the Jewish State. These ties help the economies of both Missouri...
Rabbis oppose proposed amendmentAs clergy serving a faith community that strives to be inclusive of all people, we, the members of the St. Louis Rabbinical Association, express our opposition to Missouri Senate Joint Resolution 39 (SJR39) and urge Missouri...
This past week, two friends approached me:Friend One: “There are a lot of things that I have on my list to do in retirement, but I can’t seem to get going. I have a lot of bored time. Can we talk?”Friend Two: “I just can’t figure out what...
By Gary Kodner, Special to the Light
• Published March 23, 2016
Last spring, many in the baseball media, along with “Back to the Future” enthusiasts, were predicting the Cubs’ first World Series appearance since 1908. In my opinion, the Cubbies lacked depth, another solid starter, postseason experience, mature...
By Larry Levin, Publisher/CEO
• Published March 23, 2016
It’s that time of year when baseball predictions are about as common as NCAA brackets. So the last thing you need from me is another guess on how the Cards and other teams are likely to do this season.But there’s lots to predict about baseball that...
By Evan Glantz, Special to the Light
• Published March 23, 2016
1. Your St. Louis Cardinals will make the playoffs for the sixth season in a row, but as a wild card team. They’ll be bested in the play-in game by Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates.Last season, the Cardinals rolled to 100 wins on the strength...
It’s often shocking to see a long-ago acquaintance for the first time in decades. First you think, “Wow, they’ve really aged.” Then you realize that you have, too. But what’s really startling is when you recognize that certain things haven’t...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published March 23, 2016
It is a shame that bitter political divisions could block serious Senate consideration of the nomination of Merrick B. Garland by President Barack Obama to fill the seat on the U.S. Supreme Court left by the late Antonin Scalia. If those political obstacles...
The Turkish and Israeli authorities are still investigating the motives and plans of the Islamist terrorist who murdered three Israelis, two of them Israeli-Americans, in Istanbul last week. I can’t help but be reminded of another terrorist attack in...
By Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published March 16, 2016
Vice President Joe Biden, on his first trip to Jerusalem since a disastrous visit in 2010, demonstrated real backbone and reaffirmed his longstanding support for Israel in his responses to Iran’s testing of a long-range missile containing an explicit...
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Pew Research Center poll released this week surveying attitudes among Israeli citizens confirms what many of us who work on Israeli issues already knew: Israel is a deeply divided society, first and foremost between its Jewish and...
