L.A.’s top cop debates gun laws

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on March 6, 2013

In the ongoing debate over proposed laws aimed at reducing gun violence, the main decision-makers work in Washington, D.C. In cities and state capitols across the country, legislators, advocates and lobbyists push for new limits on gun ownership or advocate for a broad interpretation of the constitutionally protected right to bear arms.

Jack Abramoff gets radio show

Published on July 13, 2012

Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist who served a jail term for defrauding Native American tribes, is now a radio talk-show host.

Opinion: Occupy K Street

By Marty Kaplan
Published on October 3, 2011

It’s premature to give the Nobel Peace Prize to those Occupy Wall Street kids. But it also may be too soon to blow them off as clueless hipsters “with nowhere to go,” as New York Times columnist Charles Blow did, calling the two weeks “a festival of frustrations, a collective venting session with little edge or urgency.”

Knesset hearings on J Street up ante in debate about ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ lobby

Published on March 15, 2011

Is turnabout fair play when Israel examines the critics who would examine its actions? Groups on the Jewish left expressed outrage last week after the Knesset subcommittee on public diplomacy voted to convene hearings on J Street, the Washington-based lobby that calls itself “pro-Israel, pro-peace.”

New lobby launches tougher love for Israel campaign

Published on May 3, 2010

The new European Jewish lobby JCall launched a campaign calling for tougher love for Israel.

The European Jewish Congress sharply criticized the campaign, called "European Call for Reason," saying it represents a minority view.

Biden and the Jews: Strong ties and friendly disagreements

Published on August 23, 2008

Before he announced his vice presidential pick, Barack Obama said he wanted someone to spar with but who ultimately would be loyal enough to create a comfortable working relationship. No one knew then that he had picked Joe Biden, but his ISO ad fit Biden's relationship with the Jewish community perfectly

Congress OKs bill barring military chaplains from mentioning Jesus in official prayers

Published on October 5, 2006

Briefs courtesy of Jewish Telegraphic Agency.

Memoirs From the Orthodox ‘Minefield’

By Ami Eden
Published on October 14, 2004

Unfortunately, at least from the perspective of an editor at a Jewish newspaper, our communal leaders traditionally don't do memoirs. The result is an incomplete record of a community that operates a multibillion-dollar charity network, has helped frame the debate on domestic issues from civil rights to church-state separation and wields increasing power on the international stage.

Stand Up for Israel

By Rabbi Elazar Muskin
Published on April 10, 2003

I always thought standing ovations were reserved for rare
and infrequent occasions. That view drastically changed last week when I
found myself in Washington, D.C., leading a group of 35
members from my synagogue,