When society lacks any common code of morals or ethics, values become a philosophical free-for-all.  But in a culture built on the bedrock of core principles, a system of absolute values will naturally emerge. The proliferation of ideas, philosophies...

I recently received a text from a St. Louis friend that made my heart drop. It happened again. He sent me photos of antisemitic flyers left at doorsteps in the Brentwood area. The group responsible: the Goyim Defense League. This was not the first time...

Over the last few weeks, while Israel has been roiled by demonstrations involving hundreds of thousands, and President Isaac Herzog has warned about the possibility of civil war, American Jews have been watching with grave concern. Even after Israeli...

Evangelical support for Trump has been strong since he was elected in 2016; despite the former president’s multiple divorces, adultery and profanity, many have stood behind him, justifying their support through comparisons to biblical figures — particularly...

(JTA) — Twenty-seven years have passed since Benjamin Netanyahu was first elected as Israel’s prime minister. Since 1996, he has headed six governments over a period of more than 15 years, more than any other prime minister. Unfortunately, his current...

Readers respond to recent Marty Rochester column Regarding the commentary “Youth of today could learn lessons from hardships of past generations” (Feb. 22 edition), I could not agree less with the view put forward by the writer, Marty Rochester. We...

(JTA) — In a country that is deeply divided, where attending anti-government protests has become a weekly ritual for many, at least one idea still unites the right and left: Israel appears to be hurtling toward a constitutional crisis. The crisis...

Sometimes teenagers actually speak to their parents. I’ve seen it happen. Even if these interactions are few and far between, the moments when they do verbally open up to a parental unit can carry some real gems of conversation. Often the teens seem...

Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz in a recent interview said Republicans shouldn’t worry that attacking Jewish billionaire George Soros, in relation to the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation into former President Donald Trump, is antisemitic.   In...

(JTA) — Earlier this month the New York Times convened what it called a “focus group of Jewish Americans.” I was struck briefly by that phrase — Jewish Americans — in part because the Times, like the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, tends to prefer...