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...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published 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...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published 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...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published 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...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published 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,...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published 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...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published January 3, 2019
Australia’s decision to recognize “West” Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and its intention to move its embassy there managed to equally offend officials of the Israeli government as well as the Palestinian Authority—a rare agreement that amounts...
