As Ruth McCambridge points out in her Nov. 10 Nonprofit Quarterly article about the proposed Johnson Amendment rollback in the House tax bill, thousands of nonprofits have spoken up with firm opposition to inserting nonprofits into the partisan political...
One might not think that state politics in Alabama would be of concern to Jewish St. Louisans.Think again.In the recent Alabama Republican primary for U.S. Senate, Roy Moore, the homophobic, Islamophobic, theocratic candidate, easily defeated Sen. Luther...
French President Emmanuel Macron’s emphatic declaration that anti-Zionism is a reinvention of anti-Semitism is spot on. Most, if not all, of those who oppose the existence of a safe and secure Israel as a Jewish homeland perpetuate false equivalencies,...
The first and most important thing I want to accomplish in this, my last column as publisher/CEO of the Jewish Light, is to thank everyone who has been so instrumental in our work — readers, subscribers, donors, foundations, advertisers, agencies, synagogues...
Today’s topic (discuss amongst yourselves) is: Were the Cardinals super-duper-hyper-overconservative at the trade deadline? Is that a weighted question or what? Can you guess my conclusion?Let’s start with one overriding presumption in the analysis:...
Those who opposed laws that enabled the abolition of slavery, desegregation of schools, women’s suffrage, interracial marriage, the end of discrimination in the workplace and in business services, and now LGBT marriage, have one thing in common:They’re...
So much has been written about the results and implications of the elections Tuesday that I’m not wholly sure what to add, other than this: Almost everything everyone says will be either meaningless or wrong. Harsh words? Nah, not so much. It’s just...
A lot has been made of the so-called “Jewish vote” in the 2012 presidential election. The description is an odd one, and makes me think of some poor soul who’s been tabbed to step into the ballot box and cast his vote on behalf of all American Jews....
BY LARRY LEVIN Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at the United States for not defining the “red line” that Iran may not cross before expecting a forceful response. (see related news story, p. 5) There are times that...
A bunch of folks have asked me recently what I thought about the news reported in the St. Louis Business Journal about the compensation of local Jewish agency executives. Most noteworthy to some was the line item of about $881,000 that outgoing Federation...
Last week, the world learned that the author Alice Walker refused to allow a new Hebrew edition of her award-winning novel, “The Color Purple,” to be published in Israel. The decision was based on her observation of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinian...
Here's the most important thing you need to know about gay marriage: In a recent poll, almost 70 percent of 18-34 year old Americans approve of it.Why is that the most important thing? Because in many ways it's yesterday's issue. The societal tectonic...
