By Robert A. Cohn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published June 2, 2016
The tremendous significance of the late Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was brave on the battlefield and at the negotiating table, is vividly evident in the compelling documentary, “Rabin in His Own Words,” directed by Erez Laufer.Despite...
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...
Hagai Amir, who helped his brother Yigal Amir plot the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, was released from prison. Authorities at the Ayalon prison in Ramle, in central Israel, released Amir, 43, on Friday morning. He had been in prison 16 years and has...
WASHINGTON -- If Israel goes to elections as expected this summer, will it be a replay of 1988 or 1992? Both Israeli election years also were American presidential election years, as 2012 is. In 1988, the Dukakis-Bush race had no discernible effect on...
Rabbi Raphael Benchimol of the Manhattan Sephardic Congregation was honored by the king of Morocco. Benchimol received the medal of the Knight of the Order of the Throne bestowed by Mohammed VI at his New York City synagogue. The president of the Jewish...
JERUSALEM -- The head of Peace Now in Israel, Yariv Oppenheimer, said he received a death threat on his voice mail. Oppenheimer filed a police complaint Tuesday, a day after he said a message was left by a caller saying that he would take steps to insure...
JERUSALEM -- The fence outside the Jerusalem offices of Peace Now were spray painted with threatening graffiti. The words "No leftists, no terror attacks" were painted Thursday on the fence by unknown vandals. The Jerusalem police have opened an investigation...
By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish Light
• Published January 4, 2012
Rabbi Amy Feder likes to laud Temple Israel's ability to retain members - often over generations. "Even though we are a congregation growing in terms of young families, which is very exciting, it's pretty incredible that even those young families often...
BY GALIT LEV-HARIR, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
• Published November 30, 2011
For 17-year-old Doron Grossman, transitioning from her kibbutz in Israel to high school in St. Louis wasn't easy. When she arrived here a few months ago, the teen knew very little English and felt somewhat out of place. Then she started attending meetings...
