MILWAUKEE (JTA) — I was privileged recently to participate as the sole Jewish voice at a news conference with Latino leaders, community activists and faith groups at which we spoke loudly and clearly in support of compassionate...
At some point in the past week, it looked like President Donald Trump was never going to use “anti-Semitism” in a sentence. It took a fourth series of hoax bomb threats at...
Depending on who we listen to, President Donald Trump has either taken bold charge of a stagnant peace process and advanced a new tack of a single state solution or has set the question of Palestinian statehood back several decades...
(JTA) — When President Donald Trump meets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel next week, the two are expected to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, the peace process and other issues, including the Trump’s campaign...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — One year ago, we thought we had made history. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government passed the Western Wall agreement, for the first time granting official recognition to non-Orthodox Jewish streams and women’s rights at...
(JTA) — In the run-up to his swearing-in on Friday, President Donald Trump made a series of big promises to Israel. Aside from his oft-repeated pledge to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem,...
The dust has settled from the contentious election of 2016 and we are have now sworn into office our nation’s 45th President. It is not true to say there has never been as colorful a character as...
A bomb threat is never an inconsequential thing. But 27 in one day – and another 16 on a single day last week – is inconceivable – or at least it was until this month. In total, 39 Jewish...
The answer to the question of how to resolve the conflicting claims over Palestine has been to partition Palestine into two states. This assumes, however, that the parties only have a dispute over land, but this has...
