By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published March 9, 2020
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has canceled a scheduled trip to Israel as a precaution because of the global spread of the coronavirus.The Republican governor had been scheduled to travel Friday to Israel and other countries in the Middle East as part of a...
BY GIL HOFFMAN, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 30, 2016
JERUSALEM — On May 14, 1948, President Harry S Truman recognized the State of Israel, just 11 minutes after Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, declared its independence.Nearly 68 years later, another Missouri Democrat followed in the...
