Balancing Israel of War and Israel of Peace

By David Suissa
Published on December 12, 2012

There’s been a lot of talk in our community lately about this notion of “balance,” particularly around the question of whether Israel supporters should balance their support for Israel with empathy for the enemy.

BBC apologizes to British chief rabbi over on-air gaffe

Published on November 18, 2012

The BBC issued an apology to British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks after a presenter asked him about the Gaza operation while he thought he was off the air.

June 28, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on June 28, 2012

Hail to the chief rabbi

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on January 26, 2012

The chief rabbi of the British Commonwealth, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, will address several Los Angeles gatherings Feb. 3-5 in a scholar-in-residence program sponsored by a consortium of Modern Orthodox organizations.

Sacks tells pope Jewish-Christian relations in Britain good

Published on December 13, 2011

Following an audience with Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican, Britain’s chief rabbi described relations between Christians and Jews in his country “as good as you’ll find anywhere in the world.”

Community Briefs: Greek and Jewish Concert, British Chief Rabbi Address Jews, Solar Power

Published on March 25, 2009

Judaism Between the Sheets

By Diane Arieff
Published on March 18, 1999

In these scandalous times, is there anything left to say about sex?
TV offers us All-Monica all the time. The globally accessible Internet offers its own virtual red-light district. Surrounded by wall-to-wall visuals and 24-hour media blather, we're inundated with sexual information. Ultimately, inevitably, it has become boring, degenerating into vaguely provocative background noise.