He may or may not have been an antisemite, but he sure was an abrasive personality. He was my seatmate on an Amtrak train as I was returning to Baltimore from New York some years ago. As I … more

This is the week the Jewish people are born. Jacob leaves home and moves to Haran to escape the murderous intentions of his twin brother Esau, and to find a wife. In the end, because of the duplicity … more

It’s that time of year again: Christmas trees and Chanukah menorahs; tinsel and dreidels; plum puddings and potato latkes; Christmas caroling and … more

Raphael Lemkin coined the word “genocide” to describe what the world had just witnessed: the deliberate, systematic destruction of the Jewish people during the Holocaust. He spent the … more

With Ahmed al-Sharaa, the new president of Syria, having met this month with President Donald Trump, it is a remarkable turnaround for a man who just a few weeks ago was internationally labeled a … more

It’s been three weeks since Hurricane Melissa battered my home island of Jamaica. The Category 5 storm took the lives of more than 50 people and caused losses … more

Since Israel and Lebanon reached a ceasefire one year ago this week, Hezbollah has wrestled with a difficult question: how to respond to the relentless, daily strikes by the Israel Defense Forces … more

New York has seen thousands of demonstrations since October 2023, but what happened last Wednesday night marked a moral rupture. A crowd did not gather outside a consulate or a corporate tower. … more

No doubt, the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 2803 on the postwar reconstruction of Gaza was a triumph for American diplomacy. Drafted by the United States and eagerly endorsed by a host of … more

A Jew digs in the arid desert soil. The earth is unyielding. He persists, striking rock and dirt, clawing at the land’s innards with his bare hands. Hostile neighbors mock his … more