Opinion

• Opinion

  In Afghanistan, Don’t Count on Europe

  On January 20, European leaders will get the American president they always wished for. Barack Obama is a committed multilateralist whose view of the world is quite similar to their own. The president-elect is even more popular among Europeans than he is in his own country. Obama, however, will probably not see his wish fulfilled,…

  By Eric Frey

  4 min read
• Opinion

  In Iraq, Mind a Pullout’s Consequences

  All American troops are scheduled to depart Iraq within three years. The results for the region could be catastrophic. The Bush administration and the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki have agreed on a Status of Forces Agreement that mandates total American withdrawal by January 2012 and the removal of coalition forces from Iraqi cities…

  By Yossi Alpher Nov 26, 2008 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Teaming Up for Equality in Israel

  Immediately following United Jewish Communities’ General Assembly in Jerusalem, I took an American colleague to visit a Jewish school in Ramle, in the center of Israel. We went to visit Iman, one of the very few Arab citizens of Israel teaching in a Jewish school. Iman joined the school last year as part of a…

  By Mike Prashker Nov 26, 2008 | 4 min read

Columnists View All

• Alyssa Katz My summer plans prove it: The Jewish Catskills are alive and kicking

  

• Rob Eshman ‘Remember the Liberty’ has become code for ‘Israel Is Evil’ 

  

• Dan Perry The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel

  

• Emily Tamkin Outrage over Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed on sexual assault of Palestinians is missing the point

  

• Jay Michaelson You’re wrong, Ken Paxton: Obviously God is nonbinary

  

The Latest

• Opinion

  From Pearl Harbor to Partition

  There are five Big Dates I remember from my childhood — the kind of memories that include where I was at the time, memories that remain vivid after all these years. The first of these was December 7, 1941 — Pearl Harbor Day. I had no idea at all what it meant that the Japanese…

  By Leonard Fein Nov 26, 2008 | 4 min read
• Letters

  December 5, 2008

  When Nonprofits Fold For the Wrong Reasons I am troubled by remarks made by Gary Tobin, president of the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, in your November 21 article “Not-for-Profits Brace for Trouble.” He said, “I think you’ll see some small nonprofits fold, or at least go into a holding pattern. Given the tens…

  Nov 26, 2008 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Freedom From Speech

  The United Nations saw another shred of its tattered dignity stripped away November 24, when a committee of the General Assembly approved what amounts to a direct assault on Western liberal democracy. In an 85-50 vote, with 42 abstaining, the so-called Third Committee adopted a resolution, submitted by a caucus of Islamic nations, to criminalize…

  Nov 26, 2008 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  Gorging on Misery

  It’s been a busy time for the New York State attorney general, Andrew Cuomo. As the chief law officer in the home state of the financial industry, he is the first responder when there’s trouble on Wall Street. His office has a lengthy record of policing the bankers and brokers when the federal government can’t…

  Nov 20, 2008 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  Abuse and Trust

  A trial of sorts is looming for the famously insular ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in New York, as a Catholic lawyer and an Orthodox Jewish legislator prepare to face off in court over allegations of rabbinic child molesting. The two combatants are on the same side when it comes to the basics. Both agree that sexual…

  Nov 20, 2008 | 2 min read
• Opinion

  Watching Blue America Celebrate

  These days of Obamamania are dusting off the memory chips of my childhood. It is late fall, and the holidays of Christendom are upon us. There is great anticipation — and for the children in particular, great hope. In a few weeks, there will be joy and celebration, song and dance, drink and good cheer….

  By Noam Neusner Nov 20, 2008 | 3 min read
• Opinion

  An Intolerable Spot for a Museum

  In the Jewish community, the name Simon Wiesenthal is sacrosanct — which is why Rabbi Marvin Hier chose to establish his West Coast empire on the bedrock of the Nazi hunter’s reputation when Hier entered the institutional Judaism vacuum of Los Angeles 30 years ago. Over the course of the past three decades, the Simon…

  By Buzzy Gordon Nov 20, 2008 | 4 min read
• Opinion

  A Two-State Solution May Have To Wait

  In a kind of “exit interview” in the Sunday, November 16, edition of The New York Times, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice summarizes her take on the Israel/Palestine conflict: “… There is a robust negotiating process, and they have made a lot of progress on how to get to a two-state solution…. On the…

  By Leonard Fein Nov 20, 2008 | 3 min read