Editorial & Opinion | Gary Rosenblatt

Rabbi Hartman's Judaism Of Many Rooms

02/11/2013 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor and Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

“Would you like to win a Pulitzer Prize?” Rabbi David Hartman asked me one day, a number of years ago.

I said sure, and wondered why he asked.

The Jewish Museum You’ve Never Been To

02/05/2013 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor and Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

One of the best-kept secrets in the New York Jewish community most certainly is the Museum of Tolerance in Midtown — and not by design.

Ex-Mossad Head: ‘Haredization’ Trumps Iran As Threat

01/30/2013 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor And Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

It’s not often that Mideast events surprise Efraim Halevy, who served in the Mossad for 28 years (including four as director) and who also was head of the National Security Council and adviser to and confidante of four Israeli prime ministers.

Sharansky’s New Mission: Impossible?

01/23/2013 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor and Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

Natan Sharansky, chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, was in New York for a quick two-day trip last week, meeting with a variety of American Jewish leaders on his newest assignment: seeking to resolve the conflict between women who want to hold prayer services at the Western Wall in Jerusalem and traditionalists who oppose them on religious grounds.

Election Preview: Why The Israeli Right Has Turned Hardline

01/16/2013 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor and Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

The three most important pieces of information to know about Tuesday’s upcoming national elections in Israel are: Bibi Netanyahu will emerge as prime minister for another term; the government will move further to the right and the electoral system is in desperate need of change, a major factor in the disturbing polarization we are witnessing.

Since Lanner: What I've Learned, What I Wonder

01/08/2013 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor And Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

Two weeks after The Jewish Week broke the story of Rabbi Baruch Lanner’s abuse — sexual, physical and psychological — of scores of teens in his charge over a period of three decades within the Orthodox Union’s NCSY youth group, I wrote a column about some of the people who contacted me in response. They urged me to investigate other Orthodox rabbis or teachers said to be abusers, naming names and offering me details.