Last Monday, at a vigil and ceremony organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis, Jewish and general community leaders gathered in support of the demand, "FREE the Soldiers," referring to the three Israeli soldiers who were kidnapped...

NEW YORK (JTA) -- Harvard University law professor Noah Feldman would have stood on much stronger intellectual ground had he simply sent the following notice to the Sunday Styles section of The New York Times, the usual address for high-powered wedding...

A development that would have been politically and diplomatically impossible for most of Israel's 59 years of existence took place last Wednesday when the foreign ministers of Egypt and Jordan met with Israeli leaders in Jerusalem, the Arab nations' first...

However tempting, it would be a mistake to dismiss Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman's personal and pointed critique of Modern Orthodoxy in The New York Times Magazine of July 22 as merely "The Big Kvetch." His essay "Orthodox Paradox," which surely...

I just came back from Israel, which seems to be experiencing "conference season." During June and July, there were conferences held by the Hebrew University Board of Governors, the Jewish Agency for Israel and the ROI Global Summit for Jewish Innovators....

For a number of years, I have been advocating the importance of constructively engaging Syria, not only to improve the prospects for a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace, but to substantially contribute to the stability of the Middle East. With security...

When physicians complete their rigorous medical education and receive the title of Doctor of Medicine, they are administered the Hippocratic Oath, a solemn vow of ethical behavior attributed to the famous ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. The Hippocratic...

Last week, Pope Benedict XVI issued a Motu Proprio, defined as a declaration issued in his own name, which authorized greater use of the Latin Mass, an ancient form of Roman Catholic worship that includes a prayer, read only on Good Friday which calls...

NEW YORK -- With anti-Semitism resurgent in the world, one of the encouraging elements for the Jewish people, particularly if one is to compare things today to the 1930s and 1940s, is the remarkable change in the Catholic Church's attitudes toward Jews....

As a typical 8th grader, you're lucky if your class has the opportunity to go on any trip, such as to Washington D.C. At Solomon Schechter Day School the 8th grade doesn't get to go to D.C. to learn about America's government and history. Instead, we...

July Fourth is an annual occasion for national celebrations of Independence Day for the United States of America, and this year marks the 23lst anniversary of our nation's Declaration of Independence, which was signed by our Founding Fathers at sweltering...

As anti-Semitism around the world rises at levels not seen since the late 1930s, once again the world is greeting the alarming phenomenon with a giant collective yawn. How else can one explain the muted response to the outrageous action by the British...