Supporters of Israel’s right to proclaim Jerusalem as its eternal capital were disheartened last week when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that passports issued to Americans born in Jerusalem cannot state “Jerusalem, Israel,” but must merely state...

The federal judicial and state legislative branches hold the future of Missouri health care in their hands. How the former acts, and whether the latter changes its mind, will affect health care here for years to come.The federal challenge to the Affordable...

Is it important to have an independent Jewish press?Well, we think so, particularly this week, as the American Jewish Press Association released the winners of the 2014 Simon Rockower awards for excellence in Jewish journalism. The Light was fortunate...

In George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel “1984,” the party leading the totalitarian government of Oceania touts the slogan “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.” Who could have predicted that members of the United Nations,...

In a move that brought quick denunciations from Israeli officials and from the head of the Zionist Organization of America, Pope Francis last Wednesday announced a Vatican decision to officially recognize the “State of Palestine” in a formal treaty.The...

You don’t need to be the bombastic Pamela Geller to speak up against violence issued in the name of Islam. Violence issued in the name of any religion is wrongheaded and a serious threat to any civilized society.ISIS is wrong. Hamas is wrong. Hezbollah...

Once again, as has been true in so many previous natural disasters, the State of Israel has responded to the devastating earthquake in Nepal and its aftershocks, which have killed an estimated 7,000 people and  wounded uncounted thousands more, leaving...

Speech should be free, but that doesn’t mean free speech is or should be without consequences.That ought to be fairly obvious to former President Jimmy Carter this week, days after Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

“I sure could use a little good news today”— Anne Murray, “A Little Good News,” 1983Perhaps the most scarce items in the news world today are positive, or even modestly hopeful, items. Local newscasts are more often than not opening with the...

As we recognize Yom HaShoah this week and as anti-Semitism has exploded across Europe, one of the most powerful stances against racial and ethnic hatred has been taken by none other than Pope Francis.The pontiff over the weekend made a historic statement...

One cannot lump all opposition to the tentative nuclear agreement with Iran into one camp. After all, as the saying goes, there are a million different ways to say no.But we’re on board with saying yes. We think the major reduction in centrifuges, the...

“There are many cases where people acting on their conscience have been castigated by the government. … This is really an important value for our country, in a diverse country, where you can be tolerant of people’s lifestyles but allow people of...