The resignation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy effective July 31 has set off a firestorm of speculation, rejoicing and hand-wringing among the senators who will have to confirm his successor.Republicans and other conservatives are popping...
Decades after it validated the shameful internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, the U.S. Supreme Court has finally overturned its ruling in the case of Korematsu v. United States.Sadly, though, that welcome move comes in the context of its...
(JTA) — At the annual convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis in June 1934, the assembled religious leaders were confronted with questions that especially resonate for Americans in the Trump era: How should we approach those who oppose...
By Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS
• Published June 28, 2018
Charles Krauthammer would have been an inspirational figure even if he hadn’t become a writer and television commentator. The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist who died on June 21 at the age of 68 laid low as a 22-year-old medical student when a pool...
For decades, Denmark’s heroic resistance to the Holocaust and its protection of its Jewish population have been held up as shining examples of bravery and backbone. When the Nazis invaded and occupied Denmark, King Christian was said to have put on...
NEW YORK (JTA) — Last week, I visited McAllen, Texas, with a group of clergy — including 10 rabbis — to bear witness to the situation on the border, where new policies are forcing the detention and separation of families and the refusal to hear...
I once wrote: “I have spent much of my adult life as a liberal. All the while, however, I sensed that, as I was aging, I was becoming more alienated from the left. It is not that I have abandoned liberalism. Rather, liberalism has abandoned me.”In...
What I’ve learned about Mr. Trump[Regarding Eric Mink’s June 6 commentary, “What we know about Trump after three years”] I write to suggest that Mink’s lesson be consigned, for the most part, to the list of his prior errors about President Donald...
After finishing a long workday and needing some down time from the intensity of the last few days, I headed to a friend’s to relax and celebrate. Not long after I arrived, my friend and his roommate were reliving an experience earlier that day where...
Last week, the world learned of the deaths by suicide of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, legends in their respective fields. Fans, friends and family all find themselves wondering why; they were both successful and seemed happy. News outlets and social...
Questions about freedom of speech and freedom of religion in the United States rarely have easy answers. Battles over the meaning of “religious freedom” define what forms of speech and religious expression are constitutionally protected. Can an individual...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published June 14, 2018
Israelis are sensitive about references to the Holocaust as a basis for the international recognition of a Jewish State at the United Nations in 1947. But one cannot doubt the relationship between the period before and during the Holocaust when Jews were...
