I read with special interest the New York Times front page report Nov. 14 that George David Banks, “special adviser to President Trump on international energy issues, led a panel with top American energy executives” at the United Nations conference...

Editor’s note: Commentary writer Merrick Felder is the grandson of World War I veteran William Rothman (1890-1988). Items from Rothman’s time in the service are included in the exhibition, “Untold Sacrifices: The St. Louis Jewish Community in the...

We were wrong.As Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky pointed out, “The Reform response to the recognition of Jerusalem was terrible. When … a superpower recognizes Jerusalem, first you … welcome it, then offer disagreement. Here it was the opposite.”Sharansky...

If there is one thing the overwhelmingly liberal American Jewish community generally agrees on these days, it’s President Donald Trump. The vast majority of Jews are loyal Democrats and, for the most part, supportive of the anti-Trump “resistance.”...

So, let me understand this correctly: We have a president who has now generously decided that the United States should recognize Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel and move its embassy there. According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,...

Initially, though I am a proud Zionist, I opposed President Donald Trump’s intention to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and I told my congregation so several weeks ago. I was, and remain, concerned that people, many people, would be killed....

I don’t know about you, but I don’t really have a “thing.”  I have hobbies, yes, but a thing, not really.  I love to cook and I’m good at it.  Some people might even say I’m really good at it, but am I Julia Child or Ina Garten?  I’m...

In a previous blog post, “Your Ideal Day,” I suggested that one good way to plan the non-financial aspects of your retirement is to identify what your ideal day would look like and then continually strive toward living that day.  I also mentioned...

In today’s bitterly divisive political climate, alliances that were once enduring appear to have grown increasingly estranged from one another. A couple of recent events occurring within weeks of each other are reminders of the once solid relationship...

Normally, a special election in Alabama, like those that occasionally pop up in all states, would be an ordinary event of little interest to people outside the state’s borders.The election of Dec. 12, however, has become anything but ordinary.It initially...

One of my favorite Jewish imaginings is that traveling with every single human being is a band of angels announcing to all who encounter them: “Make way for an image of God!” I take that to mean that every one of us carries within everything that...