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...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published April 18, 2018
A little more than a year ago, parts of the Jewish community felt pride as they observed or participated in the inauguration of Missouri’s first Jewish governor, Eric Greitens.A Jewish Light story on the festivities got more than 450 likes on Facebook. “I...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published January 17, 2018
The Republican Jewish Coalition responded last week to the recent infidelity and blackmail allegations against Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens by stating that the Jewish Republican “is family.”The former Navy SEAL, who took office a year ago and has been...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published October 4, 2017
Mark Cantor and his son Zac were both wearing camouflage yarmulkes when they stood on the bimah at Zac’s bar mitzvah in early September at Congregation B’nai Amoona. “The Torah teaches us about morality and compassion and you have that,” Cantor...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 12, 2017
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — For the first time in its nearly two centuries of statehood, Missouri has inaugurated a person of Jewish faith as its governor.“The people have spoken and a new direction has been decided,” said Eric Greitens, moments after...
Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published January 4, 2017
Religion and politicsRabbi James Bennett of Congregation Shaare Emeth has been invited to participate in the Jan. 9 inauguration of Missouri Governor-elect Eric Greitens, who is a Republican and grew up in the Jewish faith. Bennett will offer the benediction...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published November 16, 2016
Missouri has elected Republican Eric Greitens as its first Jewish governor since the Show Me State was admitted to the Union in 1821. It has been a long road for Jewish candidates seeking to move into the Governor’s Mansion in Jefferson City. The highest...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published November 16, 2016
Jewish Democrats — and Jewish legislators — will have a harder time preventing Missouri from moving in a more conservative direction following the Republicans’ victory in the governor’s race and retention of control of the State House and Senate.Missouri...
Eric Greitens: “What’s beautiful about the military is that it’s probably the most well integrated institution on the planet.” (Chloe Crespi)It would be unfair to say that few Jews have résumés as impressive as that of Eric Greitens — because...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 23, 2012
At 38, Eric Greitens has lived a full life and then some. A former Navy SEAL in Iraq, Greitens was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, where he wrote his doctoral thesis on children in crisis areas. He majored in ethics at Duke University, where he...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published October 13, 2010
Have you read "Night"?The question surprised Eric Greitens for a moment. It's not an unusual query but one that held extra meaning coming from a 19-year-old English student in Kigali, Rwanda's war torn capital. The questioner explained that he had often...
