Shavuot, which we commemorated last week, marks the pivotal moment in Jewish history when God gave the Ten Commandments not only to Moses but to the entire Israelite community that gathered at Mount Sinai. Among those commandments is “Thou shalt not...
After a long struggle and a series of setbacks along the way, the Missouri legislature has finally passed an anti-BDS bill, which strikes a blow against a movement that seeks to marginalize Israel as a pariah state. It’s about time.As reported by Eric...
As if the worldwide pandemic of the COVID-19 virus is not enough to contend with, the Anti-Defamation League’s annual audit of anti-Semitic incidents confirms our fears that age-old Jew-hatred is on the rise in our country.The ADL, the oldest anti-bigotry...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has done it again. Last week, the Israeli High Court ruled unanimously not to overturn the painstakingly negotiated power deal between his center-right Likud Party and rival Benny Gantz’s center-left Blue and...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published May 14, 2020
According to the Torah, Moses was 80 years old when he led the Israelites through the 40-year Exodus out of Egypt to the edge of the Promised Land. Now I am 80 years old and while I would not try to compare myself to Moses, our Greatest Prophet who...
Missourians of all faiths were shocked and outraged over a fire that was apparently set at the Islamic Center in Cape Girardeau on April 24, causing extensive damage to the sanctuary at the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.Reacting to the fire,...
The dark cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic has entered a new and, for many, an even more frustrating phase. While an uncertain future unfolds, some parts of our nation, state and local community are beginning to allow certain businesses to reopen while others...
The coronavirus appears to have accomplished in Israel what three inconclusive elections and long hours of debate have not: an emergency coalition government.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger, Benny Gantz, announced Monday that...
Among the many questions that the current shelter-in-place situation has posed, here is one more: How can the Jewish community properly and respectfully observe Yom HaShoah when the COVID-19 shutdown has made large gatherings impossible? Yom HaShoah,...
“Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” — Exodus 20:12The COVID-19 pandemic continues to convulse the world, our nation, all 50 states and major metropolitan areas, including...
The Passover seder is the most observed occasion for Jews of every stream: Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, Humanist, Jewish Renewal or “just Jewish.” Passover, of course, celebrates our freedom from bondage from ancient Egypt....
We don’t normally like to toot our own horn, but since these are hardly normal times, please indulge us.Remember the story about the five members of the Weinhaus family who all tested positive for the coronavirus? You may have seen it on television...
