Carole Basri and Adriana Davis
• Published January 27, 2021
(JTA) — On Jan. 27, 1969, nine Jews were hanged in Tahrir Square in the center of Baghdad as half a million people looked on. It was the climax of a campaign of persecution that followed the establishment of Israel, which in turn hastened an exodus...
Rachel Thimangu and Jack Seigel
• Published January 27, 2021
You walk into a bar and strike up a conversation with two people of roughly the same age who own nearly identical homes and run very similar small businesses in the neighborhoods where they live. One is white and calls the central corridor home. The other...
‘For the People Act’ deserves supportVoting rights are among the most fundamental rights in a democratic society. Recent events, like the Jan. 6 U. S. Capitol riots, showed just how fragile voting rights are in society. Despite an absence of...
(JTA) — As Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States last week, my sigh of relief was deeply, painfully personal.My life has been defined by migration and the laws associated with it since I arrived here from Caracas, Venezuela,...
(JTA) — As an Orthodox rabbi in Omaha, Nebraska, people often want to know what it’s like to live here in the middle of America. The most common questions typically go something like this: “How many Jews are there?” “Do you live on a farm?”...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — I walked to President Joe Biden’s inauguration.The Washington Metropolitan Area Transport Authority closed 13 downtown stations Jan. 15-21, so I couldn’t take the Metro to Lafayette Square, where I was headed for a stand built...
Last year, I shared a piece of my grandfather’s story in an article I wrote for the St. Louis Jewish Light about my visit to Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp. Papa, a World War II veteran, saw the worst of humanity at the young age of 18, and...
Staenberg family’s generosity deserves community's deepest gratitudeIn my 50+ years of residence in St. Louis, I have never written to the Jewish Light. However, learning of Michael Staenberg’s decision to step back from lead fundraising I wish to...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published January 14, 2021
The scenes of fanatic rightist mobs desecrating the U.S. Capitol building was a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer appropriately compared Jan. 6, 2021 to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s description of the...
This story originally appeared on Alma. The author is a member of Alma’s college writing fellows, a diverse cohort of Jewish students from around the world. Learn more here.
Not only was I in D.C. on Jan. 6, I was across the street from a hotel...
When word of Jerry Berger’s death arrived via Facebook through a family friend, I knew exactly what I had to do. I became a tipster and got in touch with my St. Louis media connections. I believe the St. Louis Post-Dispatch got to the story first,...
Last week, in shock and horror, the world watched the attempted insurrection on the U.S. Capitol. Immediately, on every news station and social media platform, questions were asked, and sides were taken. Were those involved protestors or domestic terrorists?...
