The best definition of education I ever heard was provided by a University of Missouri-St. Louis colleague: “getting students to learn to cope with ambiguity.”This applies to anyone trying to understand some happening. The point here is that, although...
JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL
• Published October 10, 2019
The release of a reconstructed transcript of a questionable phone conversation between President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has triggered a formal impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives. House Speaker Nancy...
By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS
• Published October 10, 2019
In retrospect, no one should be shocked by the news that the United States has given the green light to Turkey for a military incursion aimed at sweeping Kurdish forces out of northern Syria. Trump has been very clear about wanting to cut and run from...
By Eric Berger, Associate Editor
• Published August 29, 2019
Last week, during a response to a question about U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s statement calling for a rethinking of U.S. government aid to Israel, President Donald Trump portrayed the Democratic party as defending Omar and fellow freshman Democrat Rep. Rashida...
Go back to where you came from.Can any insult be more threatening and demeaning to someone whose roots are in another country, no matter how long ago his or her family came to the United States? And historically, can any group of immigrants cite more...
Regardless of President Donald Trump’s temperament, suitability for the job or the character of his supporters, many of his domestic policies — from promises to actions — line up squarely with long-recognized values of the Jewish faith.Border wallThe...
By Eric Berger, Staff Writer
• Published December 13, 2017
Rabbi Ze’ev Smason doesn’t usually talk politics at Nusach Hari B’nai Zion — except when it comes to Israel, he said.He decided he should deliver a sermon last Saturday addressing President Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognize Jerusalem...
Jewish Light Editorial
• Published October 11, 2017
With another date for action approaching, President Donald Trump has made clear he will refuse to certify that Iran is in compliance with the controversial nuclear arms deal reached under Barack Obama in 2015.That refusal would pass the issue along to...
By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS.org
• Published August 30, 2017
There probably has never been an easier path to consensus for the three major non-Orthodox rabbinic associations. The decision of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (Reform), the Rabbinical Assembly (Conservative) and the Reconstructionist Rabbinical...
A Sad RealityIt’s not about Jews and Muslims, it’s not about Israelis and Arabs. It’s about those who support terrorism and those who stand up to it. Terrorists killed two police officers on Temple Mount. Those who stand against terror install...
During his campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump made it a point to seek support from the LGBT community, promising in a June 2016 tweet:“I will fight for you.”He failed to mention that he wouldn’t let transgender soldiers fight for him, or...
Given the relentless speed of news developments these days, it’s hard for anyone, much less the editorial page of a weekly publication, to keep up. But as revelations continue about the Russian connection to President Donald Trump’s campaign, other...
