Editorials

It’s still the economy

Americans are worn out from the pandemic, worried about the economy and looking for leadership. This can be seen in casual conversations with friends...

Israel’s net-zero promise

Like many of the United Nations climate change conferences that preceded it, this year’s gathering in Glasgow, Scotland, featured a number of big promises....

Mounting challenges for the Democratic Party

It is not unusual for the political party of a newly elected president to suffer losses in the midterm elections two years after winning...

The succession soap opera at Park East Synagogue

Most leaders understand the importance of succession planning. Thoughtful cultivation of succession helps assure continuity and affords the successor time to learn the intricacies...

Shining a light on survey practices

Antisemitism was the focus of two national surveys released last week. The first was by the American Jewish Committee and the second by Hillel...

Getting on the ‘deconfliction’ train

The latest joint project announced by Israel and the United Arab Emirates is a space mission to the moon that will, among other things,...

The dark shadow of Sunrise DC

Progressives were already struggling to get out from under the cloud of high- profile extremists within their ranks who rail against the Jewish state....

What is cholent?

About 10 million people tune in to “Jeopardy!” every week. The game show has a reputation for being brainy, but comfortably mainstream. But last...

A Human Rights Council redux

In 2018, the United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council (“HRC”) because, as then-UN ambassador Nikki Haley put it, “our commitment...

A plan for Jewish security

In testimony this summer before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Eric Fingerhut, president and CEO of the Jewish Federations of...