In 1939, the year World War II started with Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Germany had a Jewish population of 270,000. Austria, Hitler’s birthplace, which was merged into Germany in the Anschluss, had 60,000 Jews.By 1945, Germany’s Jewish population...
Nearly one year after resigning as Missouri’s first Jewish governor, Eric Greitens apparently is ready to return to public service and the public eye.The Kansas City Star reported last week that Greitens has told friends that he plans to rejoin the...
In a tearful announcement in front of 10 Downing Street, Theresa May, whose brief term in office has been stymied over Brexit, announced last week she would resign as prime minister of the United Kingdom. May said she will formally step down as Conservative...
As the Missouri General Assembly headed toward adjournment last week, Gov. Mike Parson sent out a disturbing message on Twitter:“It’s time to make Missouri the most Pro-Life state in the country! Thanks to leaders in the House and Senate, we are one...
Israel is in the midst of celebrating its 71st year as an independent modern nation-state — an event well worth celebrating — to note the end of stateless exile in which Jews were at the mercy of other nations. After more than 2,000 years of persecution,...
Christchurch, New Zealand. What could be a more peaceful sounding name for a safe city in a safe nation? The poignantly named city was hit by two severe earthquakes in recent years, proof that no matter how secure and placid a place might appear to be,...
Almost daily, depressing headlines report the sorry state of the news business and what its decline will mean for a public that needs to be more informed than ever.The triple threat of rapid growth of online media, prohibitive costs of publishing newspapers...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published February 28, 2019
As home to an estimated 500,000 Jews, the third-largest Jewish population of any nation after Israel and the United States, France has always had a combination of a protective policy by officials of all mainstream parties and a vicious strain of anti-Semitism...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published February 21, 2019
When historians look back to President Donald Trump’s performance last week as he announced a national emergency to build his border wall, few will judge it as inspirational. His stream of consciousness, ranging from Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published February 7, 2019
For more than two years, there has been an alarming spike in anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric within far left factions of the Progressive movement. Such sentiment has placed great strains on the coalition of groups that make up the bulk of the Democratic...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published January 3, 2019
Australia’s decision to recognize “West” Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and its intention to move its embassy there managed to equally offend officials of the Israeli government as well as the Palestinian Authority—a rare agreement that amounts...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published December 21, 2018
Preventing legitimate voters from going to the polls is bad, but rejecting the will of the voters after elections are settled may be even worse.Consider what’s happening in Missouri, Wisconsin and Michigan.In Missouri, voters who opposed right-to-work...
