One of the strangest aspects of the Syria debate is how much energy and passion is going into it, on both sides — for and against American air strikes — and how little light is being shed on the central issue, namely chemical weapons. Secretary of State John Kerry, in his supposedly game-changing speech August…
Solicitations from Jewish non-profit organizations may peak during the High Holy Days, but mailboxes at American homes are now filling up with mail from every manner of charitable organization. Those groups are trying to tap into the “season of giving” spirit and nudge people to send in their tax-deductible donations before the end of the…
It’s not every day that New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof cites a rabbinical student, but Rachel Barenblat won that distinction on Sunday, when the writer mentioned her recent success raising money so that a vandalized Queens mosque could replace its damaged prayer rugs. On August 25, a drunk man entered an Astoria, Queens mosque,…
The New York Times had a fantastic package of stories in its magazine on Sunday focusing on women in the developing world and the impact of their poverty, poor health care and disenfranchisement on overall political and economic progress. Titled Why Women’s Rights Are the Cause of Our Time, it is an excerpt from a…
Foundations with monikers such as Eisenberg, Felder, Gottleib, Gottesman, Greenman and Kaufman are among those that may have lost big as a result of Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi scheme. That’s according to columnist Nicholas D. Kristof’s post Thursday on the New York Times Web site. He writes: “A few private foundations have owned up to…
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