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A Bold Move on the Golan Heights

A Bold Move on the Golan Heights

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished March 28, 2019

President Donald Trump has had a dizzying week, even by his usual frenetic standards. Consider the following:• Attorney General  William Barr released his summary of the key findings of the long-awaited report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller, ...

No Safe Haven

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished March 21, 2019

Christchurch, New Zealand. What could be a more peaceful sounding name for a safe city in a safe nation? The poignantly named city was hit by two severe earthquakes in recent years, proof that no matter how secure and placid a place might appear to be,...

Read All About  It—A Free  Press Is A Gift

Read All About It—A Free Press Is A Gift

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished March 14, 2019

Almost daily, depressing headlines report the sorry state of the news business and what its decline will mean for a public that needs to be more informed than ever.The triple threat of rapid growth of online media, prohibitive costs of publishing newspapers...

Netanyahu’s Fight for Political Survival

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished March 7, 2019

A little more than a month before the Israeli elections April 9, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been widely expected to win, came the stunning news that the nation’s attorney general plans to indict him on charges of bribery, fraud and...

Smoldering Anti-Semitism Ignites Again In France

Smoldering Anti-Semitism Ignites Again In France

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished February 28, 2019

As home to an estimated 500,000 Jews, the third-largest Jewish population of any nation after Israel and the United States, France has always had a combination of a protective policy by officials of all mainstream parties and a vicious strain of anti-Semitism...

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Trump’s Phony Emergency

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished February 21, 2019

When historians look back to President Donald Trump’s performance last week as he announced a national emergency to build his border wall, few will judge it as inspirational. His stream of consciousness, ranging from Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize...

Trump’s Muddled Mideast Policy

Trump’s Muddled Mideast Policy

Jewish Light EditorialPublished February 14, 2019

Almost completely ignored in commentary on President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address were his passing references to what could mean significant developments in the Middle East. In his wide-ranging remarks, which included some very positive...

Centrist Democrats vs. Anti-Israel  ‘Progressives’

Centrist Democrats vs. Anti-Israel ‘Progressives’

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished February 7, 2019

For more than two years, there has been an alarming spike in anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric within far left factions of the Progressive movement. Such sentiment has placed great strains on the coalition of groups that make up the bulk of the Democratic...

Shutdowns Aren’t Policy

Shutdowns Aren’t Policy

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished February 1, 2019

President Donald Trump was on very shaky ground last Friday when he said he was “proud” to end a partial federal shutdown after 36 days of failure to resolve an impasse over his insistence on securing $5.7 billion for a border wall. Indeed, neither...

Withdrawal Pains in Syria

Withdrawal Pains in Syria

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished January 24, 2019

Donald Trump came face-to-face last week with the consequences of the horrific war in Syria. He also should have been forced to face the folly of his misguided policy to withdraw troops from an area that obviously still needs American support.The president...

Better Together? Local Question, Local Vote

Better Together? Local Question, Local Vote

Jewish Light EditorialPublished January 17, 2019

Ever since their so-called Great Divorce in 1876, St. Louis and St. Louis County have been separate governmental entities. Despite several efforts, particularly in recent decades, any move toward consolidation has stalled.Now, a group called Better Together,...

Politics endanger stability in U.S., Israel

Politics endanger stability in U.S., Israel

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished January 10, 2019

Bitterly divisive politics in Washington and Jerusalem threatens to bring governmental institutions to a standstill, stalling or derailing any prospects for a new peace initiative. The wrangling casts a cloud of hyperpartisanship in the Israeli Knesset...

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