In light of recent actions in the Middle East, it might be fair to ask if the real Mahmoud Abbas will please identify himself.Reflecting on yet another “collapse” of the Israel-Palestinian peace talks, a commentator on the PBS program “Washington...

A cruel hoax with serious repercussions represents a political football.How’s that for stringing three cliched phrases together and saying nothing? Strangely, however, in context they are wholly apt in describing the aftermath of recent reports that...

Right about now, virtually everyone in the world could stand to attend a seder.The story of Passover, of overcoming slavery, persecution and hate, is fully universal, never grows old  and bears regular repeating given the events of our times.But it’s...

A great divide exists in this country about free expression and the practice of religious principles. The question is whether there’s any constructive commonality that can provide bridges of understanding and acceptance. In recent days, the answer has...

The French elections over this past weekend were not only upsetting to the ruling Socialist Party of French President François Hollande, whose party suffered an overall setback in the voting, but are a cause for alarm over the strong showing of the ultra-rightist...

Notwithstanding assertions to the contrary, President Barack Obama is taking the practical and reasonable steps required in retaliation to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s military aggression. The American government has acted in three ways – unilaterally,...

• Nullify federal gun-control laws? Sure• Oppose universal health care and medical assistance to the poor and needy? Check• Ensure permissible discrimination against gay couples? Not a problem• Protect, respect and improve life for women in Missouri?...

Jews starve. That’s about as plainly as we can say it.As we reported in our recent “Can We Talk?” series, “No Place At The Table,” which focused on hunger, as well as the companion discussion event at the Jewish Community Center, Jews suffer...

With a stunning speed not seen since the sudden collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in 1989, Ukraine’s dictatorial President Viktor Yanukovych has been voted out of office by the nation’s Parliament. The coalition against...

Every time a tiny glimmer of hope arises from the ashes of war-torn Syria, it is swept aside by the harsh reality of the brutal civil war that has claimed the lives of 135,000 Syrians and displaced as many as 9.5 million citizens from their homes.This...

In Olympic season, as LGBT issues swirl in Vladimir Putin’s officially homophobic Russia, history reminds us of what the world stage can bring in terms of social change and justice. Jesse Owens in 1936 Berlin. John Carlos and Tommie Smith on the medal...

According to the Jewish Virtual Library, between 1990 and 2002 then-U.S. Sen. John Kerry supported the pro-Israel position on 55 different resolutions, bills, conference committees and other matters. He opposed the Israeli position once, and did not sign...