The election of Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Francis I, has been warmly welcomed by Jewish community leaders around the world. All indications are that Pope Francis will advance the trend of...

The terrorist group Hamas is once again proving its hateful colors.Claiming Israel has an agenda to promote tourism by encouraging Muslims worldwide to visit Jerusalem, Hamas’ website stated that, “We warn against the danger of this Zionist plot,...

Secretary of State John Kerry, newly installed in his critically important office, deserves high marks for how he deftly handled the incredibly odious remark by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyik Erdogan describing Zionism as “a crime against humanity.”While...

If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the past three weeks with our Can We Talk? series, it’s that there are Jewish students, clergy and professionals who have made the environment a key priority in their lives, work and education. Their commitment...

The world Jewish community will be paying close attention following the stunning announcement that Pope Benedict XVI is resigning his papalcy, the first pope to do so in almost six centuries.  Indeed, there’s already been strong words uttered by a...

Newsflash from the “Headlines You’ll Never See” department: “Sympathizers with Palestinian liberation causes joined hands today to announce a boycott of all items produced in the Gaza Strip, indicating that they will never again support economic...

What’s the right balance between security and civil liberties as our dangerous world is continually threatened by rogue forces, often in complicity with nations that themselves denigrate human rights, support terror and ignore international law? The...

The only constant in Israel politics is its inconstancy.  Last week’s Israeli election results flew in the face of most pundits in the Jewish State and here. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to lead his Likud-Yisrael Beitenu rightist...

Will the real Mohamed Morsi please stand up?   For Israelis who Tuesday went to the polls in national elections influenced by concerns about the status of the Egypt-Israel relationship, they took no comfort in recent news about the Egyptian president....

President Barack Obama has had two Supreme Court vacancies to fill. Both were filled with women. Through mid-December 87 of Obama’s 217 judicial nominees were female, with about 40 percent of those being women of color (contrast that with President...

A rally in Gaza this week celebrating the 48th anniversary of Fatah was notable not for what was said, but for the mere fact that it occurred at all.The militant Islamist Hamas has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, and during that time Fatah’s presence...

It’s not easy being a free thinker these days. Everywhere you go, someone is trying to tell you what to conclude, what opinion you should have. Television networks do it, newspapers and websites do it, and interest groups do it. Sometimes it must seem...