Jews United for Justice (JUJ) plans to hold an advocacy and educational program for the Jewish community, in hopes of defeating the Missouri Voter ID Requirement Amendment, or Constitutional Amendment 6, which will be on the Nov. 8 in Missouri.The JUJ...
An association of hundreds of predominantly African-American churches in Missouri condemned the recent platform of the Black Lives Matter movement labeling Israel an “apartheid state” and accusing it of genocide.In a statement published Sunday in...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 27, 2016
A community-wide panel discussion on gun violence at Central Reform Congregation last week examined the complexities of crime, firearms and relations between police and citizenry in African-American communities.“I thought it was a beginning, a segue...
The U.S. Treasury recently announced a major makeover of our paper currency. Gone from the $20 bill is the visage of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, to be replaced by Harriet Tubman, the noted African-American “conductor”...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published January 12, 2012
The birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be marked this year on Monday, Jan. 16. Considering his major accomplishments as the leader of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement - for which he earned a well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize - it is still hard...
