Editorial & Opinion | Editorial

2013: Expect More Drama

01/02/2013 | Editorial

According to Jewish tradition, we are supposed to be optimistic about the future. At the end of the Passover seder we proclaim, “Next year in Jerusalem,”

Israel Electorate Moving To The Right

12/26/2012 | Editorial

Underscoring the notion that all politics is local, Prime Minister Netanyahu has made building in Israel, and some key areas over the Green Line, his campaign theme in advance of the Jan. 22 national elections, despite the almost universal outcry against such a move.

He seems to have read the mood of the electorate in calling for a strengthened Israel, more committed to solidifying its homeland than extending an olive branch to the Palestinians.

Shooting From The Lip

12/26/2012 | Editorial

As the gun control debate heats up here in the wake of the horrific shootings in Newtown, Conn., Israeli officials are doing their best to stay out of it,

It Takes A Country

12/18/2012 | Editorial

Parents across the land and around the world hugged their young children a little tighter, a little longer this week, following last Friday’s unspeakable shooting in Newtown, Conn.

Strangers comforted each other. America came together, if only for a long weekend. Why is it that too often it takes a tragedy to remind us of the most important things in life?

Concern About Obama Choices

12/18/2012 | Editorial

The prospect of President Obama appointing Sen. John Kerry as secretary of state and, especially, former Sen. Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense is making many leaders in the pro-Israel community very worried, and with good cause.

In Abuse Case, A Significant Victory

12/11/2012 | Editorial

Reporting a sexual assault to the police and testifying at an attacker’s trial cannot be easy for any victim of a sex crime. As the case of Nechemya Weberman, the 54-year-old unlicensed therapist from the Satmar community convicted this week of sexual abuse, has made shockingly clear, however, doing so as a member of the haredi community comes with its own particular perils.