JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIALS
• Published September 20, 2018
Now that President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington, the question becomes what the response will be. Will the PLO take positive steps toward long-sought peace in the...
Keep asking questions It is ironic that Brent Efron (Oct. 26 commentary, “J Street U is keeping me in the Jewish community”) found J Street U to be the experience that allowed him to ask questions, because J Street allows only questions about Israel....
JERUSALEM -- Seven Israeli Arabs were arrested in an attack on two off-duty Israeli soldiers in Haifa. The soldiers, who were in civilian clothing, were attacked last Friday night outside Rambam Medical Center. A group of Israeli-Arab men first asked...
BY RABBI HOWARD KAPLANSKY
• Published June 15, 2011
The June 8 issue of the Jewish Light included, as part of its "Can We Talk?" series, two perspectives on "The Death of Klinghoffer," an opera to be presented by Opera Theatre St. Louis. The opera derives its title from the murder, by Palestine Liberation...
The year 2010 ushered in the 25th anniversary of the killing of Leon Klinghoffer by PLO terrorists aboard the Achille Lauro. Klinghoffer and his wife, Marilyn, were celebrating their 36th wedding anniversary - double chai. Having suffered strokes, he...
