Editorials

The Trump effect

Even as an increasingly thick cloud of investigations swirls around him, Donald Trump continues to exert a remarkably strong influence on the Republican Party....

Meta’s chatbot really, really wanted me to check out its synagogue

Philissa Cramer | JTA Immediately after launching on Friday, BlenderBot 3 began drawing criticism for embracing antisemitism and election lies. But in my experience, Meta’s...

The Trump wars

Former President Donald Trump is facing a wave of civil and criminal investigations. The American people are not accustomed to such probing, public inquiries...

A missed opportunity

In hindsight, it seems obvious. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a well-known and often vilified opponent of Israel and member of the “Squad,” barely fended off...

Israel continues cultivation of regional interests

Israel’s brief air campaign against Islamic Jihad in Gaza, called Operation “Alot Hashacher” (Breaking Dawn) in Hebrew, ended in a ceasefire brokered by Egypt....

Pelosi to Taiwan. Why?

When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flew into Taiwan on Aug. 2, she became the highest ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island in...

Realpolitik in the MD-4 primary

Israel isn’t much of an issue to the voters of Prince George’s County, Maryland. But last month’s Democratic primary in Maryland’s 4th Congressional District,...

Russia targets the Jewish Agency

There’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding the Jewish Agency for Israel office in Moscow. Here is what we know: Last month, Russia’s Justice Ministry...

Support the ‘Respect for Marriage Act’

Last month, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and reversed 50 years of abortion rights jurisprudence, the dissent predicted that the court’s...

Joe Biden’s Saudi adventure

President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel had all the joy and good feelings of a family simcha — including visits with all of the...