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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

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What’s Next for Iran?

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished January 10, 2018

Iran, a complicated nation of 82 million, is in the midst of yet another round of street protests — the most widespread demonstrations targeted against the ruling theocratic regime since the so-called “Green Revolution” in 2009.  Those protests...

Looking Backward, Hoping Ahead

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished January 4, 2018

In the spirit of the ancient Roman god Janus, whose two faces allowed him to look both forward and back, we use this first editorial of 2018 to take one more measure of top people and events of last year and present our hopes for how a turbulent time...

Persistence, Not Petulance

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished December 28, 2017

As the year drew to a close, two news events once again reinforced Israel’s central position in U.S. foreign policy and the need to address tough questions in 2018.First came the release of President Donald Trump’s 68-page foreign policy strategy...

Grinch Strikes Out

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished December 21, 2017

At first, it appeared that the mayors of two cities holy to Christians the world over would curtail their annual Christmas celebrations to protest the U.S. move to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.Luckily for those who make the annual pilgrimage...

Masterpiece Theater

Jewish Light EditorialPublished December 21, 2017

While justices on the U.S. Supreme Court ponder whether a Colorado baker has the right to refuse to create a cake for a same-sex wedding, we thought we would present our view by altering one key section of the argument.For those unfamiliar with the saga,...

After Jerusalem Gambit, What Next?

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished December 14, 2017

No one should be surprised that President Donald Trump followed through on his campaign promise to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. What remains to be seen is whether the move jump starts efforts toward a two-state solution in...

Shalom, Entrepreneurs!

Jewish Light EditorialPublished December 7, 2017

If GlobalSTL—an initiative of the nonprofit group BioSTL—succeeds in its goal to turn St. Louis into a Midwestern outpost of Silicon Valley, Israeli entrepreneurs will play a key role.As detailed by Eric Berger in last week’s Jewish Light, St. Louis...

70 Years After Partition Plan, Unresolved Issues Remain

Jewish Light EditorialPublished December 7, 2017

The 70th anniversary of the United Nations’ approval of its partition plan for Palestine went by last week with little notice. And the related issues that have been simmering in Israel for decades remain.If the U.N. General Assembly had not approved...

Gov. Greitens’ Clumsy Crusade

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished November 30, 2017

When Eric Greitens started his political career by winning the race for Missouri governor last fall, he told voters he wanted to do things differently in Jefferson City. But his clumsy, unsuccessful attempts to fire the state’s education commissioner...

Sexual Misconduct, Strange Bedfellows

Jewish Light EditorialPublished November 23, 2017

The list of men in the worlds of entertainment and politics who have been credibly accused of sexual misconduct grows almost daily. So do the strange alliances that such allegations create. But the odd makeup of the groups of supporters and detractors...

‘Peace’ Protest Falls Flat

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALPublished November 16, 2017

For a group with such a noble-sounding name, Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) did little to move toward its goal with its protest in Clayton last week.Members of the group went to the local headquarters of the Anti-Defamation League to deliver a petition...

Editorial: ADL Targets A Rising Tide of Hate

Jewish Light EditorialPublished November 8, 2017

With memories still fresh of a cemetery desecration here  and vicious taunts from marchers in Charlottesville, the latest statistics from the Anti-Defamation League on anti-Semitic incidents should come as no surprise. But that doesn’t make them any...

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