opinion

By ERIC ROZENMAN (JTA) — Filmmaker Steven Spielberg told NBC News he thinks society must take the possibility of genocide more seriously now that it has in the past generation. In...

  If you walk the streets of Manhattan with any regularity, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a giant rat. I don’t mean the real rats that crowd around garbage cans...

Just before the New Year, a terrible incident occurred in a rural part of California not too far from San Francisco. An illegal immigrant from Mexico shot and killed...

By THANE ROSENBAUM (JTA) — The young nation of Israel has witnessed in recent years a dwindling of its founding generation — from the passing of statesmen like Shimon Peres to the death...

By Jake Novak I’d never seen anything like it. There I was with my wife in the summer of 2015, getting excited to see a Billy Joel concert in what was...

By Dr. Chaim Y. Botwinick About ten years ago, I had the privilege to serve as a scholar-in-residence for an audience of young, energetic, Jewishly involved, and engaged families. The...

By DAVID SCHRAUB BERKELEY, Calif. (JTA) — Ronald Reagan infamously described the “nine most terrifying words in the English language” as “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Right now, pro-Israel...

By Yochanan Gordon The Jewish world has been up in arms about regulations for non-public schools released recently by New York State. And while the notion that the education of...

By Jake Novak You’ve probably never heard of Bob Levinson. But Bob Levinson should be a household name for all Americans, especially American Jews. Here’s why: Bob Levinson is the longest-held...

  On Tuesday, December 11, the Woodmere Fire District will conduct their annual commissioner election. This year, David Stern, a current active member of the Woodmere Fire Department, is up...