Editorial & Opinion | Gary Rosenblatt

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.

If You Build It, Will They Come?

01/02/2013 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor and Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

Officials of Lincoln Square Synagogue know full well that people on the Upper West Side, and beyond,

As Old Year Fades, Will This Be A Renew Year?

12/26/2012 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor And Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

Looking back over 2012 and ahead to 2013 — halfway through my 20th year in this post and completing my 40th in Jewish journalism — I sometimes grow weary, feeling that, to paraphrase King Solomon in Ecclesiastes, “There are no new headlines under the sun.”

Hawk Or Dove On The Mideast, I Disagree With You

12/18/2012 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor And Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

I really try to avoid the endless left vs. right discussions on how Israel should proceed in dealing with the Palestinians these days. It’s not that I have nothing to say on this vital debate, but rather that I have much to say — on both sides of the issue.

Truth is, I find it upsetting when people insist they have “the answer” to the Israeli-Palestinian problem. If it were all so simple, wouldn’t we have arrived at a solution decades ago?

Calls For Change To Chief Rabbinate

12/11/2012 | Gary Rosenblatt | Editor and Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

An election takes place in the coming year in Israel that will have an impact on the life of every Jew in the world. And unlike the Jan. 22 vote to determine the next Knesset and prime minister, this one comes only once a decade.