A grab bag of necessities
President Joe Biden’s transformational infrastructure proposal brings to mind the Talmudic idiom, “If you grab for too much, you’ll get nothing.” The $2 trillion...
Israel @ 73
It has been 73 years since the state of Israel made its historic declaration of independence to establish a homeland for the Jewish people....
Israel in stalemate
One week after Israel’s fourth national election in two years, the country remains in political gridlock. As in previous rounds, in addition to the...
Another ‘Other’
In the last year, Asian Americans have suffered at least 3,795 hate incidents. The upsurge in this disturbing trend seems to stem from some...
Don’t forget Jordan
Amid the hoopla surrounding the Abraham Accords, the fireworks accompanying the U.S. Embassy’s move to Jerusalem, the frustrating stalemate with the Palestinians and the...
What if the sea waters had not parted?
The problem is severe. In the four months from October 2020 through February of this year, 29,792 unaccompanied minors have crossed the southern U.S....
It is time for voting rights compromise
The underlying intent of the For the People Act, also known as H.R. 1, which was introduced by Maryland Democratic Congressman John Sarbanes, is...
Jewish War Veterans at 125
It was on March 15, 1896, on a cold day in New York City, that 63 Jewish veterans of the Civil War gathered to...
A step toward religious freedom in Israel
Last week, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that non-Orthodox conversions must be recognized for purposes of citizenship under Israel’s Law of Return. The decision...
The International Criminal Court
No one favors genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity or wanton aggression. Despite that near-universal revulsion, few want the International Criminal Court to investigate...
