NEW YORK — With the recent shooting in San Bernardino, television and social media have yet again brought images of fatalities and injuries and the grief of those directly affected into our homes. For many Americans, and in particular the Jewish community,...
Recently, I was invited to a 50-year reunion. No, it wasn’t high school or college, nor was it a wedding anniversary. It was the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant pieces of legislation passed...
To the Members of St. Louis Jewish Voice for Peace:As Jewish progressive activists, we write to you with deep concern about your open letter to Rabbi Susan Talve. We are extremely disappointed in your letter and believe that it betrays the movement...
Column seems to deny nation’s history of racismLast week I read Marty Rochester’s comments in the Light regarding the Ferguson Commission and racial progress in the United States. Although the article did point out the election of our President,...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published December 9, 2015
Rabbi Irwin Kula, formerly of Congregation B’nai Amoona in Creve Coeur and currently president of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL), believes that the organized Jewish community must adapt to new realities regarding connections...
Okay, let’s face reality—as we age into and through retirement, it is likely that at some point, we will be dealing with a serious health issue, injury, surgery… Anybody surprised at this? So, what are we doing about it?I propose that one answer...
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin
• Published December 7, 2015
Protesters celebrating the resignation of University of Missouri President Timothy Wolfe, Nov. 9, 2015. (Brian Davidson/Getty Images)SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (JTA) — A day before University of Missouri graduate student Jonathan Butler made headlines with...
A memorial service in California for a victim of the shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Berardino, Dec. 5, 2015. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)NEW YORK (JTA) – With the recent shooting in San Bernardino, television and social media have yet again...
Palestinian refugees line up for food at a camp in Amman, Jordan, in 1955. (Three Lions/Getty Images)NEW YORK (JTA) — Every time Palestinian leaders sit down at the negotiating table, or give a public speech, they never fail to raise the plight of the...
A Palestinian protesting at the West Bank security fence, Nov. 16, 2015. (Muammar Awad/Flash90)WASHINGTON (JTA) – If Israel does not take steps now to preserve the option of two states and secure its own destiny as a Jewish and democratic state, it...
Don’t feel badly if this was not on your radar; I just found out about it a few days ago myself. It appears as though, in addition to being a prime gift-exchanging month, December has yet another claim to fame: it is National Write A Friend Month.In...
I don’t know what’s in Donald Trump’s heart. I don’t know what the candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination truly believes about anything, as opposed to what he says and does for presumed political or financial advantage.I know...
