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EDITORIAL | JEWISH-CATHOLIC RELATIONS
Pope Benedict XVI recently packed the Great Synagogue in Rome as he sought to mend fences with the world Jewish community over concerns about potential canonization of the controversial World War II Pope Pius XII. Did he succeed? Call it a mixed blessing, if you will. full story >
LOCAL COMMENTARY | RABBIS' VIEWPOINT
JIM BENNETT, SUSAN TALVE, ANDREA GOLDSTEIN AND JAMES STONE GOODMAN full story >
EDITORIAL | SUPREME COURT DECISION
As a corporation that is afforded tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, the St. Louis Jewish Light is prohibited from endorsing or opposing a candidate for public office. So if someone runs, for instance, on an anti-Israel platform, we can't recommend that you vote against him. full story >
LOCAL COMMENTARY | DONN RUBIN
It has been one year since Israel's Cast Lead operation into Gaza. During this time, what has been largely ignored is the cause of the war and that the operation was an exercise of Israel's legitimate right to defend itself from terror. Instead, we have witnessed a barrage of slanderous charges of "war crimes" and outrageous comparisons of Israel to apartheid South Africa and even Nazi Germany. This has played out most directly in at least three ways: The Goldstone Report, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigns, and most recently the "Gaza Freedom March." full story >
LOCAL COMMENTARY | DAVID RUBIN
Last year, the United Nations Human Rights Council commissioned and then endorsed a report condemning Israel for alleged violations of international law during its successful Gaza campaign. The author, Judge Richard Goldstone, is an expert in International Law and Human Rights, having "cut his teeth" both in Yugoslavia and in the Post-Apartheid years of South Africa. The UN's determination to condemn Israel while saying little about Hamas should come as no surprise. It's anti-Israel bias is legendary. But that's not the end of the story. Logic tells us there must be another side. full story >
EDITORIAL | A CALL TO ACTION
"Do not stand idly by while your neighbor bleeds," the familiar biblical injunction mandates when fellow humans are in extreme distress. The devastating earthquake in Haiti, measuring 7.0 on the Richter Scale, which struck with what Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called "biblical" fury, cries out to Jews and people of all faiths and creeds to respond charitably to this disaster. full story >
EDITORIAL | GLBT in UGANDA
Anytime you bemoan the state of political or social affairs in the United States, just remember, things could always be worse. A whole lot worse. full story >
LOCAL COMMENTARY | LARRY LEVIN
The St. Louis Jewish Light is proud to be one of the few media outlets in our metropolitan area not to weigh in on the Mark McGwire controversy. full story >
LOCAL COMMENTARY | LARRY LEVIN
If you kill someone in cold blood because you object on moral or political grounds to what they do, can you use your beliefs to skate on a murder charge? full story >
LOCAL COMMENTARY | DONN RUBIN
 It has been one year since Israel's Cast Lead operation into Gaza. During this time, what has been largely ignored is the cause of the war and that the operation was an exercise of Israel's legitimate right to defend itself from terror. Instead, we have witnessed a barrage of slanderous charges of "war crimes" and outrageous comparisons of Israel to apartheid South Africa and even Nazi Germany. This has played out most directly in at least three ways: The Goldstone Report, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigns, and most recently the "Gaza Freedom March." full story >
LOCAL COMMENTARY | DAVID RUBIN
Last year, the United Nations Human Rights Council commissioned and then endorsed a report condemning Israel for alleged violations of international law during its successful Gaza campaign. The author, Judge Richard Goldstone, is an expert in International Law and Human Rights, having "cut his teeth" both in Yugoslavia and in the Post-Apartheid years of South Africa. The UN's determination to condemn Israel while saying little about Hamas should come as no surprise. It's anti-Israel bias is legendary. But that's not the end of the story. Logic tells us there must be another side. full story >
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