• Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan likens Israel’s actions against Gaza to the Holocaust and condones anti-Semitic propaganda in his effort to win re-election.• Thousands of protesters in major European cities condemn Israel for recent...

The five male justices on the United States Supreme Court who provided the majority in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby seriously impaired women’s health, created bad law, and, as we found out just three days later, didn’t even mean what they said.The decision...

If we are to heal this nation, last Wednesday’s killing must rid us, once and for all, of the complacent illusion that we enjoy a distinctive moral superiority over our neighbors.— “A Sobering Moment for Complacent Israel,” David Horovitz, Times...

As Israel wrestles with the horrific abduction and death of three young hitchhikers, the broader Middle East threatens to become undone in more ways than one.Not only will the Israeli government undoubtedly continue to retaliate against what it has contended...

The delegates to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) General Assembly, by a 310-303 vote, on Friday approved a resolution to divest $21 million in Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard and Motorola Solutions equity to protest the companies’ actions in the Palestinian...

American Jews have both contributed to and benefitted mightily from public education and collective bargaining. So no matter your opinion about the judge’s decision in Vergara v. California – the recent case striking down teacher tenure and seniority...

Sometimes, geopolitical outcomes are better measured by the avoidance of further pain than the prospect of some fantasized ideal. That may well be the case right now in the Middle East.Two deeply flawed elections have taken place in recent days: Syrian...

The first scores are in from the 2014 World Cup!Pope Francis 1, United States 0.OK, maybe that’s not a real match result. But in recent Middle East news, the score does reflect the relative success of the papal visit to Israel, particularly in comparison...

Can a Jewish community education and engagement program exist and prosper within a local Jewish Federation?The answer’s easy: Of course it can. But there are plenty of other questions to ask and answer.The Jewish Light reported April 30 that the Central...

Much has been made of the recent release of the annual Freedom of the Press Survey and accompanying map. The news about Israel is better than it’s been but not as good as it could be.The watchdog agency Freedom House looks at press freedom around the...

Like a ravenous Russian bear emerging from hibernation, Russian President Vladimir Putin is gobbling geographic territory and political turf.But to what end? Is the Russian President intent on reclaiming his satellites, or trying some sleight of hand...

Do you think the notion of “majority rules” should apply to who gets to utter public prayer and what kind of prayer is uttered?We don’t. We thought the First Amendment’s Establish-ment Clause was specifically intended to preclude such results.Apparently,...