For president, Joe Biden
We are in the midst of a presidential election like no other in our lifetime.
Although the structure of the race is familiar — two...
Barrett is qualified
Judge Amy Coney Barrett is impressive. She is intelligent, articulate, confident and poised, and performed well in her public testimony over several days of...
The limits of protest
The sometimes violent protests last week in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park were disturbing. Although the communal frustration that prompted the reaction may...
The down ballot races
Our community is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate by an able group of veteran lawmakers. Generally moderate, with reliable...
Chaos in Cleveland
Last week’s first “debate” between President Donald Trump and former Vice
President Joe Biden was a mess. More than 70 million people tuned in to...
Israel’s coronavirus redux
On May 15, with the coronavirus raging around the world, Israel reported just 13 new cases. It appeared that the start-up nation had succeeded...
From Ginsburg to Barrett
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s remarkable career ended with her death on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. An icon for liberals, Ginsburg stood with “the...
Getting ethnic studies right
California’s Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to sign into law Assembly Bill 331 this week, which will require public high schools to offer an...
Next, the Palestinians
The historic Abraham Accords, signed at the White House last week, established normalized relations between Israel and two Arab monarchies, United Arab Emirates and...
Holocaust history
It is now more than seven decades since the end of the Holocaust. The number of precious survivors continues to diminish, even as we...
