JERUSALEM -- It would be hard to imagine a more stark contrast than the scenes I saw last week on the two banks of the Sava River, both part of the site of the Jasenovac concentration camp, on the territory of former Yugoslavia. On the northern bank,...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jimmy Carter was the best friend the Jews ever had as president of the United States. He is the only president to have actually delivered for the Jewish people an agreement -- the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt -- that has stood...

NEW YORK -- After six years of Republican control of both houses of the U.S. Congress and the executive branch, analysts see the Democratic victory in midterm elections as a repudiation of the way the Iraq war has been waged, unhappiness over the Bush...

NEW YORK -- At a time when it faces challenges from many directions, Israel has difficult decisions to make regarding how to proceed with the Palestinians. It's important and legitimate that all options be explored, and it's natural and inevitable that...

By now, most people are familiar with major Israeli media providing wall-to-wall coverage of the bombing of northern Israel and fighting in Lebanon. The major players include the Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, Kol Israel and many others in both Hebrew and...

Hell has broken loose in Lebanon and Israel. There are two enormous apprehensions: the war itself and the possibility that it could spread to Syria and Iran. The latter two are the overt arms suppliers of Hezbollah, a rancid terrorist group with significant...

More than a million of the six million victims of the shoa were infants and children. Survivors of Ravensbruck, the women's camp, told how newborn babies were brutally destroyed before their mothers' eyes. The U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington devotes...

For a Jewish media constantly scouting for scandals, it was the perfect pluralistic storm. Israeli President Moshe Katsav declined to call Reform Rabbi Eric Yoffie "Rav," and the latter, the president of the Union for Reform Judaism, took umbrage. The...

On Monday, June 12, a disastrous accident occurred at the Beit Yehoshua railroad crossing near Netanya. A van and a pickup truck, coming from opposite directions, were in the process of (legally) crossing the train tracks when the left front of the van...

From the moment of recognizing the right of Jewish people to live on the land of their ancestors the international community, represented by the League of Nations and the United Nations, has made all possible efforts to deny the Jewish people of this...

We hear quite often that it is the fault of the West that the Muslim world hates us so much. They claim that it is the Western demands for implementation of democracy, perceived as arrogance by Muslims, are responsible for the escalation of Muslim terrorism...

As a Jewish state, Israel has always incorporated elements of religious tradition into its workings. Kosher food, for example, is served in the armed forces and at government functions; the national calendar recognizes Jewish holidays. And personal status...