Is God a Democrat or a Republican?

Published on January 23, 2013

With President Obama having just taken the oath for his second term in office, we can allow ourselves the luxury of thinking about substantive issues in ways that transcend party affiliations and divisions.

DC Jews react on Obama inauguration, honor MLK with service

Published on January 22, 2013

Monday’s 57th Presidential Inauguration officially sent off Barack Obama into a second term as America’s 44th President and the country’s first African American commander-in-chief. After being formally sworn in Sunday at the White House, Obama gave his inaugural address to about one million people Monday, according to a recent White House estimate. This day also coincided with Martin Luther King Day.

Opinion: The Post-Kumbaya President

By Marty Kaplan
Published on January 21, 2013

Four years ago, while Democrats danced at inaugural balls, Reps. Cantor and Ryan dined at The Caucus Room, a Capitol Hill steakhouse, along with other top Republicans, including Rep. Kevin McCarthy, and Sens. Jim DeMint, John Kyl and Tom Coburn.

Obama in second inaugural speaks of a united America, U.S. involvement abroad

Published on January 21, 2013

President Obama in his second inaugural address spoke of U.S. involvement throughout the world and Americans working together at home.

The Science of Forty-Four

By Marty Kaplan
Published on January 20, 2009

“We will restore science to its rightful place” — that’s the line I didn’t see coming. Anyone watching the backgrounders leading up to the inaugural knew that the incoming president would call for “a new era of responsibility.”

Day Five at Sundance:  Jim Carrey Kisses Ewan McGregor

By Larry Mark
Published on January 20, 2009

Rice Promises More Mideast Presence

By James D. Besser
Published on January 20, 2005

U.S. Mideast policy during the second Bush administration will be even more focused on the White House, with a new secretary of state who will be more directly involved in implementing the president's policies.

That was one message Condoleezza Rice, the president's choice to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state, offered to members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during the opening round of her confirmation hearings on Tuesday.

She was expected to win confirmation and be sworn in by the end of the week.

Spiritual Redevelopment

By Mike Levy
Published on November 1, 2001

Cantor Mark Saltzman spent Sunday, Oct. 28 wearing a smile that could solve California's energy crisis.

Berlin Bound

By Tom Tugend
Published on December 14, 2000

More than 300,000 visitors have thronged the Jewish Museum in Berlin since it opened to the public in February 1999, and more are coming at a clip of 20,000 each month.

A Jewish Revival

By Ruth E. Gruber
Published on November 11, 1999

For European leaders, the recent inauguration of three Jewish schools in Central Europe symbolizes far more than a Jewish revival.