Parshat Beshalach: Moses Parts Sea, Enters Desert, Faces the Amalekites
In last week’s parshah, after years of the Jews’ enslavement and then the 10 plagues that G-d heaped upon the Egyptians, Pharaoh finally lets...
The Religious Accommodation Test
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits employers from discriminating against workers based on religion and other protected categories. That law...
Stop Wasting Valuable Time in the House
In the U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota Democrat Ilhan Omar has been a provocative figure, particularly for many in the Jewish community. She is...
The Jew and the Nazi
Ruth Velder
Although my father, Eli Velder, was a captivating storyteller, he didn’t talk much about his experiences in World War II. The few stories...
A Year After Colleyville, the Jewish Community Rethinks Security
Julie Platt | JNS
When Malik Faisal Akram, a British Pakistani terrorist, took four congregants hostage at a small-town Texas synagogue a year this month,...
Teaching the Holocaust in the Arab World Has Its Pitfalls
Lyn Julius | JNS
Good news from the Gulf: The United Arab Emirates will teach about the Holocaust in its schools. It is only right...
Searching for My Romanian Roots
Roberta M. Ward
Since I was very young, I knew that my father was born in Jassy, Romania, the historical name of Romania’s second-largest city,...
Letters to the Editor: January 27
Where Was He During the Years of Ongoing Abuse?
It’s great that Pope Benedict XVI had deep respect for Judaism, but where was his deep...
In Support of a Consistent Arms-Sale Policy
Turkey has long been a prickly ally. At the crossroads of Europe and Asia, it joined NATO, the West’s Cold War umbrella, in 1952...
Progress at the Jordanian Border
There is a lot going on in Israel. And much of it complicates the job of diplomats posted there. The job of U.S. Ambassador...
