As the holy days of Easter and Passover approached, the world watched in horror Monday as flames toppled the distinctive spire atop the Cathedral of Notre Dame, a symbol of the beauty and piety of Paris.The day before, after a violent storm ripped off...
He faced the biggest political and legal challenges in his long career and endured an election that was too close to call most of the day and night. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu eventually won enough seats to form a right-far right coalition...
Jewish scholars love to write learned articles on what has been referred to as “The Jewish Problem.” Scholars in Great Britain were once encouraged to write articles about the elephant, which was a favorite feature topic in the media there. One...
A self-deprecating poem once branded St. Louis as “first in shoes, first in booze and last in the American League.” A lot has changed over the years. St. Louis has lost some iconic shoe companies and is no longer numero uno in footwear. Anheuser-Busch,...
One of the most fundamental tenets of American democracy, the separation of church and state, is facing new assaults on the public-school front.The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2017 in the case out of Columbia, Mo., known as Trinity Lutheran that tax money...
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, ...
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,...
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...
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...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published 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...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published 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...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published 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...
