The astronomical number of people harmed by guns last year — children, domestic violence and suicide victims — had me expecting that someone in charge might want to “do something” about it.
In a six month span last year, more than nine...
TEL AVIV — President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan will probably not achieve its stated goal of bringing peace between Israel and the Palestinians, but it might just bring about peace between Israel and more of its Arab neighbors. Here’s...
KFAR TAPUACH, West Bank — Put simply, President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” is bad news for Israel.In a historic event last week, Trump revealed his vision for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he says has been one of the...
BY JONATHAN S. TOBIN, JNS
• Published February 6, 2020
Contrary to the bad advice they’re getting from the Democrats and J Street,Palestinians need to accept that the U.S. plan is their best chance for statehood.As far as Americans who despise President Donald Trump go, as well as for many Jews and Israelis...
KFAR TAPUACH, West Bank (JTA) — Put simply, President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” is bad news for Israel.In a historic event last week, Trump revealed his vision for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which he says has been one...
Tu B’Shvat, or “The New Year of the Trees”, begins this year at sunset on February 10. This joyous celebration has developed into an ecological day of sorts, reminding us of our connection to the earth. The Jews are considered caretakers of...
CHICAGO (JTA) — Some commentators have used the word “epidemic” to describe the recent spikes in anti-Semitism.They may not realize how correct they are.Twenty years ago, upon my return to the United States after serving as a senior infectious disease...
On March 18, 1934, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a short announcement entitled, “Chancellor of Swiss Consulate to Wed.” The chancellor, Carl Lutz, was engaged to another Swiss immigrant, Gertrude “Trudi” Fankhauser, and the two returned to Switzerland...
By Rabbi Levi Shemtov
• Published January 30, 2020
WASHINGTON — Early Friday afternoon, I received a call inviting me to the White House to participate in a same-day signing ceremony for legislation authorizing $375 million in Homeland Security grants to help protect synagogues, churches, mosques and...
Ladue incident deserved coverageI always thought the St. Louis Jewish Light was the “voice” of the St. Louis Jewish community. So when a student at Ladue Horton Watkins High Schools shared a poster that she made in school on her social media platforms,...
By Hazzan Howard Shalowitz
• Published January 24, 2020
On Jan. 1, more than 90,000 Jews from around the world gathered at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. at the main worldwide venue to celebrate the 13th cycle of the Siyum HaShas — the completion and celebration of studying the entire Babylonian...
By Rabbi James Stone Goodman
• Published January 24, 2020
In the groups that I lead for Shalvah on Addiction and No Shande on mental health and mental illness, we are familiar with the subject of suicide. Whenever it comes up it tends to take over the meeting. The meeting is basically a teaching and a sharing,...
