Opinion: Settlers Used as Pawns Against Israel
By Fiamma Nirenstein
Settlers. Colonists. By now, there is hardly any need to add the adjective “violent.” In the imagination of much of the world,...
D’var Torah: We Need Each Other … Now and Always
Rabbi Corey Helfand
This week’s Torah portion is Nitzavim-Vayelech Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30
In just over a week, Jews around the world will come out in droves to...
Schuster Takes Helm of Washington Jewish Week
I am thrilled to announce I have joined Mid-Atlantic Media as the new editor of Washington Jewish Week.
I am excited about the opportunity to...
Editorial: Is There Still a Line?
Hasan Piker does not particularly interest us. America has never lacked people willing to say ugly things about Jews.
What interests us — and increasingly...
Editorial: The Turkey Red Line
Israel has every reason to be worried about Turkey’s growing military presence in Syria. It also has every reason not to turn that concern...
Editorial: Advocacy by Omission
Forty members of Congress, led by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, are demanding that Secretary of State Marco Rubio secure the immediate release of Sama Safi,...
Editorial: When the Right Defeats Itself
Sometimes political change comes through a great ideological realignment. Sometimes it comes because politicians who cannot stand one another refuse to sit in the...
Opinion: Maryland Jews Safer at High Holidays Thanks to Bipartisan Leadership
Jody Goldsmith and Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi
As we approach the High Holidays, we have much to celebrate and, understandably, reasons to worry. Fortunately, Jews in...
Opinion: ‘Hell, No! We Won’t Go’
Douglas Altabef
This being Israel, everyone has an opinion. And the more personally it applies to someone, the more conviction in the opinions expressed.
So it...
Opinion: The Case for a Nation That Knows Its Borders
Max Blankfeld
Israel issued tenders last week for 1,234 housing units in E1, the strategically located area between Jerusalem and Ma’ale Adumim. The project is...