Jewish Light Editorial
• Published October 5, 2016
In 1923:The Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR) was formed.The failed “Beer Hall Putsch” resulted in prison time for Adolf Hitler, who dictated “Mein Kampf” to Rudolf Hess while serving his sentence. Time Magazine launched.Cecil B DeMille’s...
By Eric Berger, STAFF WRITER
• Published October 5, 2016
Former Israeli president and prime minster Shimon Peres, who died at the age of 93 on Sept. 28, had a global profile as prominent as any leader from the Jewish State. That included recognition in the St. Louis Jewish community. Then serving as Israeli’s...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published October 5, 2016
Who can retell the things that befell us? Who can count them? In every age a Hero or Sage came to our aid. — Mi Yimalel, “Who Can Retell,” popular children’s Hanukkah song Two exemplary Giants of Judaism, Shimon Peres and Elie Wiesel, passing...
WASHINGTON — When Yitzhak Shamir was Israel’s prime minister, he liked to point American visitors to a gift he received when he retired as director of the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service.It was a depiction of the famed three monkeys: See no...
TEL AVIV -- Israel’s leaders paid tribute to former Prime Minister Yitzchak Shamir at his funeral at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl cemetery. An intimate but distinguished crowd sat opposite a military honor guard at the outdoor ceremony on Monday evening....
JERUSALEM -- Yitzhak Shamir, who served as Israel's prime minister from 1986 to 1992, has died at the age of 96. Shamir had been living in a nursing home in Tel Aviv and had Alzheimer's disease for several years. He died Saturday. "Yitzhak Shamir belonged...
REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK JERUSALEM (JTA) – What do hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Zionist critic Peter Beinart and Dr. Ruth have in common? If you’re still puzzling over that one, you’re not alone. So are the participants...
WASHINGTON — Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama, Israeli President Shimon Peres called for a renewal of peace talks with the Palestinians. “Israel and the Palestinians are ripe today to restart” peace talks,...
WASHINGTON — For decades, the joke in Israel went: How do you know when Shimon Peres is headed for defeat? When he announces that he is running. Peres — today Israel’s extremely popular president and on Wednesday a recipient of the Presidential...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published May 2, 2012
In a crowded booth festooned with Israeli flags and strewn with backpacks, basketballs and power tools, Shani Attia is happy to share her one unmistakable impression of the United States. “It’s huge!” she said. “Everything is so huge and new to...
From afar it appeared to be a luminescent snake, twinkling in the dusk that was just beginning to cloak the desert mountains framing the Dead Sea. Upon closer inspection it turned out to be hundreds of Jews from South Florida bearing glow sticks making...
JERUSALEM -- A one-minute siren marked the beginning of Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism Remembrance Day, Israel's official Memorial Day. Tuesday evening's siren was immediately followed by a national ceremony held at the Western Wall and televised...
