A letter to the United Nation’s Human Rights Council

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on March 25, 2012

Zionism: The great Jewish ethical project

Published on February 16, 2012

Jewish Republicans watch nervously as favorites savage one another

Published on January 10, 2012

As the Republican primary fight moves from New Hampshire to South Carolina, Newt Gingrich is stepping up his attacks on Mitt Romney and some prominent Jewish Republicans -- who have a rich, mutually admiring history with both men -- are wondering what happens next.

Harvey Sicherman, foreign policy expert, dies

Published on January 10, 2011

Harvey Sicherman, who headed the Foreign Policy Research Institute, has died. Sicherman died Dec. 25 at the age of 65. He was president of the research institute in Philadelphia from 1993 until his death after serving as associate director for research, a research associate and starting as a research assistant in the 1960s. Sicherman met Alexander Haig at the institute and went with him to Washington when he became secretary of state under President Reagan. Sicherman served as Haig's special assistant in 1981-82. It was the highest position in the U.S. government then held by an Orthodox Jew, the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent reported.

In Reversal, U.S. to Join U.N. Rights Council

Published on March 31, 2009

Danger Lurking in U.S.-Israel Linkage

By James D. Besser
Published on May 27, 2004

Israel and the United States have more in common than ever as both nations fight the terror scourge. That's good news, but Jewish leaders would be wise not to get smug about it.

The war in Iraq could produce a sharp public backlash against U.S. involvement -- in that particular conflict and in a region that is hard on traditional American naivete. And that backlash could taint U.S.-Israel relations if the public links failed U.S. policies with Israel.