JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL Kowtowing to radical Muslim and anti-Semitic voices, the fatuous Durban II United Nations Review Conference on Racism has predictably adopted a statement that singles out Israel for contempt and shows utter and hypocritical disdain...

Rarely does a fortnight see such an interesting mix of free speech-related issues. A Nazi party rally in St. Louis, the Durban II conference, and -- cringing when I say this -- the Miss USA Pageant, all allow for perspectives on how best (and in the case...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL The headline above emulates the silly poetry of Dr. Seuss but relates to some very serious business indeed -- namely, whether a peace dialogue and accord between Israelis and Palestinians is even remotely possible under current...

In Lewis Carroll's wondrous poem, "The Walrus and the Carpenter," the anthropomorphic marine mammal intones that, "The time has come ...to speak of many things." Note to Missouri legislators: That time has come and gone. Yes, there's a time for endless...

In my family we used to have a saying: "If you have a problem that money can solve, it's not a serious problem." For us, serious problems were those that money couldn't solve: critical illnesses, family dysfunction, the death of a loved one. I thought...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL The bias on college campuses among student groups and faculty who brand Israel as a pariah or "apartheid" state has reached a fever pitch following the recent conflict in Gaza. The problem hit close to home when a pro-Israel campus...

For the first time in 28 years, on April 8 of this year, Jewish people all over the world will gather to make a rare and auspicious blessing. Birchat Hachamah, the "blessing on the sun," which thanks God for creating the "wonders of the cosmos," is recited...

For some people, there are no questions, only an answer: The existence of a human person begins when a human sperm penetrates a human egg. In this view, legality and morality apply equally to a disoriented senior with Alzheimer's, a college sophomore...

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If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If a despicable African leader throws out international aid organizations during an ongoing genocide, will the world be denied from bearing witness to the atrocities,...

Two states for two nations: that is the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- or is it? For over 15 years, American negotiators have been advocating for a "two-state solution." However, among the Palestinian community, there are many who are...

Members of our local Jewish community have expressed deep concern on the heels of an op-ed piece in the Feb. 24 edition of the Wall Street Journal by Gabriel Schoenfeld. The article discussed the appointment of Charles "Chas" Freeman Jr. as President...