JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published February 5, 2014
According to the Jewish Virtual Library, between 1990 and 2002 then-U.S. Sen. John Kerry supported the pro-Israel position on 55 different resolutions, bills, conference committees and other matters. He opposed the Israeli position once, and did not sign...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published January 29, 2014
This is a period of considerable ferment within the Orthodox Jewish community, in both the United States and in the State of Israel. There are increasing signs that within the Modern Orthodox Jewish community some traditional practices are being modified...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published January 22, 2014
If the Israeli Knesset adopts an ill-advised bill that would ban the use of the term “Nazi” in most contexts, publication of this editorial in Israel might constitute a crime punishable by a fine of as much as $29,000 and up to six months in jail.The...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published January 15, 2014
Ariel Sharon’s battle for survival finally, and sadly, ended Saturday at the Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv.The former Israeli prime minister, who died at age 85, had spent the past eight years at the hospital after suffering a massive stroke, which...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published January 8, 2014
In the aftermath of the success of the Navy Seals operation to kill Osama bin Laden, and the later successful drone strikes that depleted leadership of al Qaeda, President Barack Obama declared the terror organization “decimated.”Yet every time there...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published January 2, 2014
In what has become a predictable—and dreary—cycle, the Israeli government has announced new West Bank settlement building. Per Joshua Mitnick in the Wall Street Journal, the “move (is) intended to ease criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
A little over 800 members of the American Studies Association — not even 25 percent of its 3,853-person membership but two-thirds of those who voted in an online referendum — favored a boycott against Israeli academic institutions rooted in that nation’s...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published December 18, 2013
The most recent shooting by a teen gunman at Arapahoe High School in Colorado last week comes against a backdrop that should concern Americans greatly, and minorities in particular.It’s bad enough that gun violence continues apace in America, where...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published December 11, 2013
Nelson Mandela, who passed away last week and whose life is now being memorialized by the world and its leaders, was an amazing and complex man who accomplished great things for human relations. Yet from his life there are lessons to be learned about...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published December 4, 2013
“This has been ‘the gayest year in gay history,’ in the words of Fred Sainz, vice president of the gay rights group Human Rights Campaign.”— ”How 2013 Became the Greatest Year in Gay Rights History,” Alan Greenblatt, NPR Blog, It’s All...
By Les Sterman and Gail Wechsler
• Published December 4, 2013
As Jews in America, our history and culture are deeply rooted in the immigrant experience. Central to Jewish teaching is the principle that we should “welcome the stranger.” As stated in Exodus-Mishpatim, “you shall not mistreat a stranger, nor...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published November 27, 2013
The emphatic assertions of American and Israeli leaders do not form a coherent basis for assessing the historic agreement struck over the weekend among Iran and six leader nations, including the United States.In reviewing the transaction, It doesn’t...
