It is an old word, and it describes a behavior that has been around since the beginning of history. Yet the word seems to me to be used more and more frequently these days, and the behavior it … more

I argued in my “Covenant and Conversation” for parshat Kedoshim that Judaism is more than an ethnicity. It is a call to holiness. In one sense, however, there is an important ethnic … more

New US News & World Report graduate-school rankings of business, education, engineering, health, nursing, public affairs and science programs proved a mixed bag for … more

A bipartisan group of House members gathered at the Rayburn House Office Building on April 27 under the auspices of the Latino-Jewish House Caucus … more

THERE are times when the oldest jokes sound quite fresh. I am thinking of the one about the neophyte banker … more

AS Israel hits the milestone of its 75th birthday, it is easy to become demoralized. D.isputes over the government’s plans for legal reforms have become unprecedentedly intense. Israeli … more

IT will be 30 years in September since a grim Yitzhak Rabin shook hands on the White House lawn with a beaming Yasser Arafat following the signing of the Declaration of Principles … more

When Golan Chetrit, owner of Noi Due Gelato, received an invitation to compete in the Gelato Festival World Masters, he noticed that it was being held the day before Yom Ha’atzmaut, … more

Dozens gathered in the US Capitol last Thursday for a congressional breakfast marking Jewish American Heritage Month, which is May. Over bagels and lox, attendees heard from … more

You shouldn’t judge Soviet Jewish homes by their book covers, yet their bookshelves often contained the only clues that they were Jewish homes. The overwhelming majority … more