Editorial & Opinion | Editorial

Helping Houses Of Worship, After Sandy

03/13/2013 | Editorial

The rabbi of a synagogue in Rockaway heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy recently noted the illogic of those who argue that houses of worship should not be allowed to apply for federal emergency aid, in keeping with the separation of church and state.

Mood Shift At AIPAC

03/06/2013 | Editorial

Much has been written, here and elsewhere, about what was said at the annual AIPAC policy conference in Washington this week, attended by some 13,000 delegates, clearly the biggest pro-Israel gathering of its kind.

The New Normal: Blogging Disability

02/20/2013 | Editorial

The “new normal” became a bit of a buzzword about five years ago, after the 2008 financial crisis. It was a way to describe the change in our economy, and seems to imply reassuringly that the chaos and upheaval were subsiding and would go away altogether.

Logging On To Federal Funds

02/20/2013 | Editorial

Our lead story this week is Part I (the second and third parts can be found on our website) of a three-part exploration of how a relatively small number of haredi yeshivas in New York have received tens of millions of dollars in federal funds designated for Internet and other telecommunication technology.

Lessons From Brooklyn College Showdown

02/13/2013 | Editorial

The ugly incident at Brooklyn College, where two supporters of the BDS movement (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel) were invited to speak on campus last week, was less about freedom of speech, as its defenders claimed, than about the political science department’s sponsorship of a program seeking to delegitimize the State of Israel.

He Did It His Way

02/06/2013 | Editorial

It was no coincidence that Edward I. Koch, the quintessentially New York mayor who made “brash” a near-official part of his mayoral title, was remembered in death this week in a style of which he would have approved — a rigorously hands-on administrator during his three terms at the helm of the city, he planned his own funeral, starting some 30 years ago.