By Bill Motchan, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published July 10, 2022
In his new book, “Invisible Storm: A Soldier’s Memoir of Politics and PTSD,” former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander shares his struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts following his service in Afghanistan.
On July 14, the JCC...
Eric Berger, Special For The Jewish Light
• Published June 1, 2022
Mara Cohen Ioannides, an English professor at Missouri State University, once lived in New York where, she said, “If you want something, you ask for it.” So Cohen Ioannides did not understand when the editor of OzarksWatch magazine approached her...
ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published May 4, 2022
In his superbly written new biography, “The Trials of Harry S. Truman,” Jeffrey Frank, a Presidential historian, avoids both adulation and harsh judgment of the Man from Missouri.
For admirers and skeptics of HST, Frank, who previously wrote about...
Rabbi Susan Talve anoints a protesters hands with oil in front of the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Building in St. Louis on August 10, 2015. A group of about 200 protesters marched to the Federal Building as part of a day of disobedience held with the one...
Rabbi Susan Talve talks to the crowds while holding oil in front of the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Building in St. Louis on August 10, 2015. A group of about 200 protesters marched to the Federal Building as part of a day of disobedience held with the...
Rabbi Susan Talve is placed under arrest at the entrance of the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Building in St. Louis on August 10, 2015. A group of about 200 protesters marched to the Federal Building as part of a day of disobedience held with the one year...
Todd Akin’s amiable embrace of nonsense science and his numbskull decision to modify the word “rape” with the word “legitimate” are electronically enshrined for eternity. His televised interview with Fox 2 reporter Charles Jaco barely two weeks...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published August 15, 2012
Editor's note: The St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners declined to certify the results of the Democratic Primary in the state's 87th District after it was revealed that 102 voters received incorrect ballots at their polling place. A new...
Missouri’s Catholic bishops, champions of Amendment 2 (set for Tuesday’s ballot in Missouri) say the measure is needed because religious values are becoming “marginalized in society.”We don’t mean to be disrespectful to those bishops or other...
Amendment 2 is troubling On Tuesday, Aug. 7, as part of Missouri’s primary election, there will be a measure on the ballot known as Amendment 2. The ballot measure is called “Freedom to Pray in Public Places” but this title is misleading. Amendment...
For more than 200 years the Missouri Constitution has protected the religious liberty of all Missourians whether in the majority or minority. It already provides all Missourians with the right to private and voluntary prayer in public schools, workplaces...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 12, 2012
This week’s Cohnipedia marks the first anniversary of the column’s debut. Cohnipedia is designed to focus on specific persons, places or events in the 200+ years of St. Louis Jewish history. It seems fitting for this first anniversary installment...
