Michael Oren, Israel's Ambassador to the United States, has been invited to serve as commencement speaker at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. later this month. This decision by the school (whose undergraduate student population is about half Jewish)...

Over the years, the Jewish Light and its contributing writers have offered a plethora of editorials and opinions about the State of Israel. And when readers have disagreed with the opinions expressed, they've rarely been shy in offering their own perspectives...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL Arizona Governor Jan Brewer last week signed a draconian measure that makes the failure to carry immigration documents a crime and mandates that local law enforcement officials detain those suspected of being in the U.S. illegally...

My parents have managed to do the seemingly impossible: they have transmitted to my siblings and me an ardent connection to Judaism. This amazes me. During my adolescence, I completely distanced myself from Judaism. I did not attend services, I rarely...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL You don't have to like the Comedy Central animated staple "South Park" to appreciate its role in the parody world. Creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been equal opportunity social critics for over a decade and 201 shows, overstepping...

Currently there are several bills before the Missouri Legislature that would dramatically change the taxation system in our state, including SJR 29 and HJR 56. At the same time, there is a petition drive throughout the state to gather petitions for a...

We've heard it bandied about in headlines and in ads: Anyone can create a Jewish legacy with a bequest. Become a Jewish philanthropist and help ensure the future of our community. What does this really mean? It's not a new idea. In fact, it's a concept...

In the final episode of the great but short-lived TV series "SportsNight," the cast and crew of the fictional equivalent of ESPN's Sports Center fear their network is about to be acquired and their show wiped out. It turns out that the suitor company...

The recent spat between Washington and Kabul about their countries' relations invites comparison to the simmering cauldron of United States-Israel diplomacy. Whether the situations mandate similar responses is a matter for fair debate. Over the weekend,...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL Good Friday comments by Reverend Father Raniero Cantalamessa, Pope Benedict XVI's personal preacher, in which he compared the criticism of the Catholic Church's handling of the priest abuse scandal to anti-Semitism, have in the...

Ever since Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the State of Israel, and the extremely ill-timed "announcement" by a mid-level Israeli official that an additional 1,600 housing units would be constructed in northern Jerusalem, what might have been an unfortunate...

There has been so much noise about the recent American pronouncements on Israel that it's hard to analyze what it all means. The conventional wisdom from Jewish groups has been that the United States overreacted to the diplomatic snafu of a settlement...