Israel is facing a new refugee crisis as an increasing number of migrants from southern Sudan have been entering from Egypt. While some leading Israeli voices have spoken out with compassion, urging the government to abide by international law on refugees...

Although the High Holidays have always been a period of introspection, the Jewish community -- at least those in it who care deeply about its future -- could stand to do some especially vigorous soul searching this year. The results of a new study --...

Just as the despot of ancient Persia, the Grand Vizier Haman was hanged on the very gallows he intended to use to execute the Jews of his realm, so was the leader of modern Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hanged by his own ignorant and hateful words...

Having read Charles Bronfman's op-ed piece in JTA on birthright israel funding, I find myself struggling with a range of ambivalent emotions and a plethora of contradictory thoughts. Thanks, Mr. Bronfman, for stimulating such a typically Jewish response....

Fundamental questions regarding Iraq facing the President, the Congress and the American people are: What can be done so that U.S. troops do not leave Iraq, creating a military vacuum, and what can be done so that the U.S. troops do not stay in Iraq any...

As Jews around the world and nation and in our own Jewish community of St. Louis welcome Rosh Hashanah 5768, and the solemn Day of Atonement on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, once again we collectively and indivudially face these Days of Awe with both...

NEW YORK -- At a time when many in business, the media and other institutions are too timid to challenge the rising tide of anti-Semitism abroad, America's labor leaders did something extraordinary this summer. In a stunning show of solidarity with Israel,...

It seems that Kashrut is "in." I recently came across an article which outlined the kosher dining adventures of various celebrities. I was surprised to learn that Madonna, Paris Hilton, Bono and Donald Trump have been partaking in kosher dining...if I...

The issue of the grave humanitarian crisis facing the people of the Darfur region of the Sudan, the accuracy of the number of victims and the appropriate meaning of the term "genocide" have been in the headlines recently, and some clarification is in...

The world Jewish community and fair-minded people everywhere were shocked and dismayed by the recent vote by the new British University and College Union, which supports a boycott against Israeli academic institutions. The fact that an organized union...

Israel's democratically elected Knesset is right to be pushing forward with a bill reaffirming that all lands belonging to the Jewish National Fund should continue to be leased to Jews in accordance with terms of the organization's charter. Critics of...

Imagine the following scenario: Italy's Parliament passes a law that restricts the sale of public lands to Christians. Government officials rush to justify the measure, citing historic ties between Italy and the Roman Catholic Church. Nonetheless, the...