When he reimposed sanctions on Iran, President Donald Trump called the move part of “a campaign of economic pressure to deny the regime the funds it needs to advance its bloody agenda.” Let’s hope it works out that way.The president’s announcement...

Eleven Jewish stars, with the names of the victims of the horrific mass shooting last Shabbat, stand on the lawn outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. In our tradition, the number 11 is said to represent the 11 stars in Joseph’s dream....

At Sunday’s community vigil to commemorate victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue murders, the most enthusiastic audience response came when the crowd was urged to exercise their power at the ballot box to put their priorities in place.At a time when events...

Just when we think that even Donald Trump has limits on how much he can disregard the truth comes the monumentally incompetent mishandling of the disappearance and apparent murder and dismemberment of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The president’s...

“If you build it, he will come.” Many of us remember that memorable line from the 1989 film, “Field of Dreams,” when Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella (played by Kevin Costner) hears this directive, builds a baseball diamond and to his surprise — and...

No matter how you feel about the outcome of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation, no one should be happy about how badly the process was scarred by politics. In the end, the debate and invective of recent weeks doesn’t help Kavanaugh, Congress or the Supreme...

Jason Kander, acknowledged as a rising star in Missouri politics and the Democratic Party, surprised many supporters and admirers with last week’s announcement that he was dropping his race to become mayor of Kansas City to seek treatment for depression...

Not even the combined writing skills of Allen Drury and Tom Clancy could have come up with a more dramatic political scenario than last week’s hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.The testimony first by professor Christine Blasey Ford and...

Whether you agreed with the process or not, last week’s dramatic Supreme Court confirmation hearing had to impress on everyone the importance of voting.With razor-thin margins in both the Senate Judiciary Committee and the full Senate, and the rancorous...

The longstanding controversy over Israel, Zionism and Palestinian rights has resurfaced on an old battleground: New Jersey.And in the process, it is reviving another age-old question: Is Judaism a religion, an ethnicity or both?The issue, first reported...

Now that President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered the closure of the Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington, the question becomes what the response will be. Will the PLO take positive steps toward long-sought peace in the...