WASHINGTON -- Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee introduced legislation that would extend a program providing loan guarantees to the State of Israel. Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Ranking Member Howard...
NEW YORK -- Michael Rosenzweig still step down this summer as president and CEO of the National Museum of Jewish History. Rosenzweig, who has led the Philadelphia museum since April 2009, will be succeeded by Ivy Barsky, according to a news release....
JERUSALEM -- IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benjamin Gantz left for his first official visit to the United States and Canada. Gantz, who left Thursday on a trip that was delayed several days due to the violence on Israel's southern border, will meet with...
A Jewish plastic surgeon in Miami is under an ethics investigation after commissioning a Jewish band to write a song about a Jewish teen with a big nose. Dr. Michael Salzhauer, 40, hired The Groggers, a Jewish punk-rock band, to write a song and make...
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli ad aimed at expatriates living in the U.S. that had come in for criticism by the American Jewish community has reappeared online and in an Israeli magazine. The ad, calling on Israelis living in the United States to return to Israel,...
By Jeff Glogower and Heather Silverman
• Published March 14, 2012
As young adults, we have many concerns particular to our stage in life: “Will I get my student loans paid off before I want to retire?” or “Was that photo of me from this weekend put on Facebook?” Some concerns, however, are not so different from...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published March 14, 2012
Can we “handle the truth” about the Iran-Israel crisis, or has the debate become so partisan, ideological and acrimonious that it is impossible to agree on even the most basic facts? This piece is an attempt to put into perspective where things...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 14, 2012
Israelis aren’t the only Middle Easterners in St. Louis watching developments in the region play out with a personal dimension to the geopolitical drama. In some ways, Dr. Bahar Bastani, an area Iranian, sounds every bit as pessimistic as his Israeli...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 14, 2012
No matter what happens in the Middle East in the near future, Tali Stadler has trouble sounding optimistic. “Even if the U.S. would attack, we’re going to be the first targets,” worries the native Israeli who has lived in St. Louis for the past...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published March 14, 2012
Israeli journalist Avirama Golan, a senior correspondent for Haaretz newspaper, says a unilateral strike by Israel against Iran’s nuclear sites without the backing of the United States would be “unthinkable.” Golan, a veteran Israeli journalist...
By Repps Hudson, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published March 14, 2012
Last week’s high-level meetings and speeches about Iran’s possible nuclear weapons quest have reassured Jewish leaders here that Washington and Israel now have common cause on this grave international issue. Apparent differences between the United...
By Repps Hudson, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published March 14, 2012
Now that the media hoopla around Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington last week has died down, let’s take stock. Three areas of focus immediately come to mind: First, have President Barack Obama and Netanyahu established...
