Elusive bipartisanship
A year after a mob broke into the U.S. Capitol in an attack that overwhelmed law enforcement, posed a threat to lawmakers debating the...
Plans to settle the Golan
In a move early last week that attracted very little international attention, Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that his government plans to invest...
A challenge to Israel’s rabbinate
Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people. All Jews. But not all Jews have the same beliefs, observances and customs. It is not...
Rand Paul, the unrepentant hypocrite
For the pro-Israel community, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has been a recurring problem. He opposes foreign aid and seeks to block or limit it...
Banging our heads against a wall
Diaspora Jewry is frustrated by the Israeli government’s recurring delay in implementing the Kotel compromise. Like a driver pushing on the gas pedal of...
A French shande
Recently announced French presidential candidate Éric Zemmour is an ultranationalist, right-wing pundit, who is anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant and pro-fascist. He is also Jewish.
Without that last...
Separation of church and school?
In largely rural Maine, some school districts don’t have enough students to justify creating a public high school. So, in order to guarantee that...
We know the drill
With 5.3 million dead, including 808,000 in this country, and significant disruptions to the lives of the rest of us, it’s hard not to...
The abortion war’s latest battle
After decades of court battles, the anti-abortion movement may be about to win its war against Roe v. Wade.
Last week, the Supreme Court heard...
The difficult tasks of engagement and explanation
Young Americans are being tested by a worldwide pandemic, with its lockdowns, lost education, social isolation and uncertainty. Young Jewish Americans are experiencing the...
