Anti-Israel students at Columbia University erected a mock “apartheid wall” in front of the iconic Low Library steps during Israel Apartheid Week, March 3, 2016. (Uriel Heilman)This is the first installment in “The Climate on Campus,” a four-part...
You sit at your desk, stand in front of your class,See clients all day, design landscapes, lead Mass,Run the company you founded, sell stocks and bonds,Help people with taxes, do morning rounds. ***You’re a corporate exec, approve housing loans,Construct...
• When control freak Hillary Clinton became secretary of state in 2009, she arrogantly dismissed as “inconvenient” the in-house computer systems at the State Department. Instead, she had a personal email system set up for her, built around a computer...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published September 7, 2016
Do you remember the “good old days”? The ones before grocery stores? Of course not! Most of us have grown up with the luxury of convenience…and refrigeration. We have become accustomed to having all of our food sources readily available, at our...
Repair the World Fellows marching against climate change in New York City. (Courtesy of Repair the World)(JTA) — When lowering my shoulder, planting my feet and pushing hard to make something happen, I love to reflect on the Rev. Martin Luther King...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Over 300,000 Jewish college students have arrived or will arrive shortly on American campuses — and what they experience there is likely not only to broaden their minds and uproot long-held assumptions, but shake their Jewish selves...
On Sept. 1, 2016, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis will be kicking off its 2016 Annual Campaign. Since 1901, the Federation has existed to “preserve and enhance Jewish life in St. Louis, Israel and around the globe.” And each year thousands of...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published August 31, 2016
“A picture is worth a thousand words,” goes the often-used idiom. The expression certainly applies to the haunting image of 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh, who was pulled from the rubble after an airstrike in war-ravaged Aleppo, Syria, on Aug. 17. Who...
By Cathleen Kronemer, NSCA-CPT, Certified Health Coach
• Published August 31, 2016
I am a huge fan of the Summer Olympic Games. Whether it is track and field, gymnastics, diving or swimming, I love watching hard-working young athletes reach the pinnacle of their sport. They have trained hard most of their lives, some having embraced...
Jeff Ballabon and Bruce Abramson
• Published August 29, 2016
Donald Trump addressing the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., March 21, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)WASHINGTON (JTA) — For years, the leaders of America’s most established Jewish organizations...
Hillary Clinton speaking at the annual AIPAC policy conference in Washington, D.C., March 21, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)MIAMI (JTA) — Every four years the same movie plays at the Jewish Political Film Festival: It’s the one where the Democrats...
Every summer, my wife, Ruth, and I visit our son Shaya in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, where he lives with his wife and six children. For a Lubavitch Jew, which Shaya has been since college, Crown Heights is the center of the universe. It is the headquarters...
