For many Jewish communities in the United States, this was the week when synagogues were abandoned. In an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, many houses of worship were empty and … more

N ow that he’s a frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, Sen. Bernie Sanders is finally being asked some tough questions about what it means to be a Socialist in 2020. But a … more

Treating the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians as a zero-sum game guarantees that peace can’t be made. The only way to create mutual understanding, and hopefully, a path towards … more

Bernie Sanders and Michael Bloomberg both want to be the nation’s first Jewish president. But they couldn’t possibly be more different. Sanders is a socialist who is hoping to lead … more

As far as those Americans who despise President Donald Trump, as well as many of those Jews and Israelis who feel the same way about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu … more

In his 1989 book “From Beirut to Jerusalem,” columnist Thomas Friedman wrote, “Israel is becoming Yad Vashem with an Air Force.” That line represents the kind of … more

The march over the Brooklyn Bridge and the ensuing rally against anti-Semitism on Jan. 5, attended by an estimated 25,000 people, was a necessary, if belated, response to a surge of attacks … more

For 20 years, he had sowed terror and confusion throughout the Middle East with impunity. As head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Qassem Soleimani was the mastermind of the … more

It used to be confined to an annual piece of theater staged every Christmas. … more

A quickly deleted tweet summed up everything that is wrong about the discussion of anti-Semitism in 2019 America. When Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) heard about the tragic shooting in Jersey … more