After months of debate, negotiation and compromise, Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress sent to President Bush a bipartisan bill that would reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program. That SCHIP measure would have provided much-needed...

Now that the battle between President Bush and Democrat leaders in Congress over a federal children's health program has heated up, it is important that Jewish leaders -- even those who affiliate with a different political party than the president --...

With the start of a new year, rabbis are re-envisioning their goals and actions both locally and beyond. In his JTA article based on STAR's national Rabbinic Leadership Survey: Vision 5768, writer Ben Harris suggests that rabbis are pessimistic about...

Sometimes when things cannot seem to get any worse, they suddenly and unexpectedly get better. About 18 monts ago, the radical regime of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il successfully tested a crude atomic weapon, confirming the worst fears of the international...

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...