Norman Podhoretz, former editor of Commentary magazine, and unofficial senior member of the American neoconservative movement, has not modified his criticism of his fellow Jews for being on the political left. In an interview with Hillel Italie of the...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL The passing of United States Sen. Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy reminded us of the terrible incident in 1969 that claimed the life of campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne at age 28. When then 37-year-old Kennedy drove off the bridge at Chappaquiddick...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL Scotland's ill-advised decision to release the Libyan agent convicted in the 1988 terrorist bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland was made in the name of mercy. Unfortunately, it creates an entirely different and venomous result instead....

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL "Come, let us reason together," is a quotation from the Hebrew Prophet Isaiah which was often cited by the late President Lyndon B. Johnson, a master of the legislative process. In the current, raucous "debate" over the health care...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL Last week's inauguration of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was nothing more that a continuation of the horribly tragic farce that has been unfolding since the obviously rigged elections of June 12. This ceremony should point...

In the lofty ideals of his "Fourteen Points," President Woodrow Wilson included "Open covenants, openly arrived at" among his bedrock principles to assure that the lethal First World War would indeed be "the War to End All Wars," and that the "world would...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL Jewish and Israeli leaders are clearly in the right as they "expressed dismay," according to the JTA, at Germany's decision (that's right, Germany!) to honor attorney Felicia Langer with the nation's "Order of Merit, First Class."...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL The recent unanimous election of former Soviet Jewish Prisoner of Zion Natan Sharansky to be the new Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) should be welcomed by world Jewry. His incredibly impressive life credentials suggest...

Federation allocations Thank you for your comprehensive article on the Federation allocation process. I commend you for taking on such a complex subject, one of great import to our community. As you report, several of our sister Federations are moving...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL If you want to assess the outcome of the Group of Eight (G8) discussions about climate change in L'Aquila, Italy last week, probably the best way to do so is to look in the mirror. If you are a skeptic about global warming and believe...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL The economy, the state of the news industry, and new media stood at the forefront of discussion at the recent American Jewish Press Association(AJPA) annual meeting in suburban Chicago. But as publishers, editors, writers and sales...

JEWISH LIGHT EDITORIAL President Barack Obama's historic speech at Cairo University sought to reach out to moderates in the Muslim and Arab worlds, and to encourage the rejection of extremism. His efforts were rewarded in the outcome of the subsequent...