Proposed cuts would devastate aid programsThanks to the Jewish Light for publishing Cynthia Changyit Levin’s insightful letter about the proposed cuts to global development programs (“Opposing cut to global aid programs” by Cynthia Changyit Levin,...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published March 22, 2017
Over the past two years, the Anti-Defamation League, a national nonprofit dedicated to combating anti-Semitism, has been incredibly busy, particularly in Missouri, responding to:• Desecration at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery, where 154 headstones were...
Inauguration blessingI resent Professor Henry Schvey’s Jan. 25 commentary (“A shameful blessing at Trump’s inauguration”), although it was quite informative. In it, I learned that if one (Rabbi Marvin Hier, for instance, founder and dean of the...
By Elizabeth Slonim Macanufo, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 26, 2017
Throughout the election cycle, coming across political signs from the opposing party rattled me, but seeing a Confederate flag within sight of my home truly shocked me. I noticed the Confederate flag while driving down our street in Richmond Heights....
When Rabbi Marvin Hier was asked to deliver the benediction at Donald Trump’s inauguration, he did not hesitate for a moment. “My parents escaped in the ’20s from Poland, where the climate for Jews was one of hostility and prejudice,” said Hier,...
Who is to blame?On Dec. 23, the United Nations pulled out all of its anti-Semitic and anti-Israel ammunition and passed Resolution 2334, a very one-sided, biased, and inaccurate statement. For decades the United States vetoed anti-Semitic U.N. resolutions...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published December 21, 2016
A group of Clayton High School students were disciplined last week after administrators learned that they had been targeting classmates with anti-Semitic hate speech on social media.The students had used a closed Instagram group to post offensive images...
Several evenings ago, my wife and I were driving an older friend home from a birthday dinner. As we started out, I mentioned that the Trump election was quite a surprise.The woman, who’s been a family friend for many decades, said she has never feared...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published October 19, 2016
Is it possible that the Jewish Mexican ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) was fired from his post for NOT being anti-Semitic?It’s not only possible, but entirely likely. In a resolution adopted...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published September 7, 2016
“Anti Semitism is a disease that is beyond politics.” —Comment on the Daily Gazette (student newspaper of Swarthmore College) website, in response to William Meyer’s article, “A Response to Yesterday’s Anti-Semitic Hate Crime from a ‘Whiny...
In the past several years there has been a steady drumbeat of attacks on “Zionism” by European educators, politicians and media that amount to thinly disguised anti-Semitism. One that came to light this past week was particularly poignant, and not...
Armed security at synagoguesOver the past few years Jews and Jewish institutions around the world have been the target of violence as manifested by anti-Semitic terrorist and criminal activity.Shootings and terrorist bombs have resulted in a plethora...
