By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published November 9, 2011
Many of us think Lou Grant when we hear the name Ed Asner; after all, he played the legendary editor for 12 years on two iconic TV shows. But on Saturday at Lindenwood University, the seven-time Emmy-winning actor takes on another legendary figure, that...
Rev. Robert Jeffress, a prominent Texas Evangelical pastor, stirred up more than a political hornet's nest last week at a conservative "Voters Values Summit," where he introduced Texas Gov. Rick Perry as a "genuine follower of Jesus Christ," a comment...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published September 28, 2011
There have been oceans of ink, forests of paper and countless electronic communications about last week's drama at the United Nations, where Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas presented a formal request to the United Nations Security Council...
The Palestinian Authority is using a year-old qualified statement by President Obama in a campaign for support for its statehood recognition bid. "When we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that can lead to a new member of the United...
By Adam Kredo, JTA/ Washington Jewish Week, Washington
• Published August 17, 2011
Jerusalem: To be or not to be part of Israel. That's the question that White House administrations have tiptoed around for decades.The State Department neither recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's official capital nor views the eastern part of the city -...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published August 17, 2011
The so-called "Arab Spring" which began on such hopeful notes a few months back has since morphed into a "Long, Hot, Arab Summer of Discontent." The confusing array of new developments has included setbacks to the interests of Israel and the United States....
Comparing bris milah and ‘bris shalom'The article in the Aug. 10 issue about "bris shalom," the non-cutting ritual done in place of a bris milah (ritual circumcision), reminded me of a story I heard years ago from a good friend who served in the Navy...
WASHINGTON - With the Norway attacks fresh in mind and the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks fast approaching, are U.S. authorities paying attention to the right kinds of threats?The fear is that with polarization intensifying in America, extremists...
Egyptians or Americans upset about United States offers of aid to groups promoting democratic principles ought only look a few hundred miles north to Syria. The latter country is suffering the worst of the violent and depressing stresses that occur so...
(This commentary first appeared on Politico.com) - Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, recently declared, "President Obama treats Israel ... as a problem, rather than as an ally." The Republican presidential candidate emphasized that Obama has an "anti-Israel...
I recently spent two weeks in Israel. Although things are quite good economically and day to day, this is a moment of very serious concern.The most immediate issue is a likely Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), and request for admission...
The Verizon guy’s mantra is of course intended to demonstrate the breadth of the company’s phone reception. But if you think of the hordes that always accompany him on his missions as hard-core ideologues, the commercials start to look like metaphors...
