Editorial & Opinion | Opinion

BDS Threat Is To Israel’s Legitimacy, Not Free Speech

03/05/2013 | Francine Klagsbrun | Special To The Jewish Week | Opinion

When I was a student at Brooklyn College, eons ago, the subjects of free speech and academic freedom were tied into the country’s mortal fear of Communism. One of the most heated issues on campus centered on the firing of Harry Slochower, a well-known professor of German and comparative literature.

We Are All The Other

02/26/2013 | Shuli Dichter | Special To The Jewish Week | Opinion

Last month, children were attacked while riding the public bus home from school in Jerusalem. They were 6^th graders, students of the Max Ryne Hand in Hand bilingual school for Jewish and Arab students. Some of the bus riders were disturbed that these children were speaking Arabic among themselves.

‘Every Child Has Something To Offer’

02/26/2013 | Susan Wiener | Special To The Jewish Week | Opinion

“My name is Jacob Wiener. I am from Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale, N.Y. I am almost 15 years old. I have PDD-NOS and bipolar syndrome. The American Disabilities Act allows me to go to school…”

Israel Doesn’t Want Me

02/26/2013 | Rabbi Heidi Hoover | Special To The Jewish Week | Opinion

I read with concern and sadness about some American Jews who want to make aliyah, and whose Orthodox conversions, performed years ago in the U.S., are now being questioned by Israel’s Chief Rabbinate and its Ministry of Interior (“New Convert Snub By Israel Fuels Fresh Anger Here,” Feb. 8).

Creating A New Vision For Israel On Campus

02/19/2013 | Ryan Yuffe | Special To The Jewish Week | Opinion

On Jan. 27, Aaron David Miller, a Middle East analyst and an adviser to six secretaries of state, spoke to arguably the most important people in the American Jewish community. They were not lay leaders, rabbis or presidents of Jewish organizations.

Giving Attention To Israel’s Enemies

02/19/2013 | Steven Bayme | Special To The Jewish Week | Opinion

Decades ago, while serving on the faculty at Yeshiva University, I publicly voiced my dismay that the late Meir Kahane, a rabbi known for his ugly racism and hatred of Arabs, had been a featured speaker on campus.