Israel wants peace - friend request pending [VIDEO]

Published on September 20, 2011

Israel's attempts at making friends.

Lessons From Nuremberg

By Toby Axelrod
Published on December 8, 2005

The Nuremberg Trials, which opened with the reading of charges against 24 defendants in Berlin on Oct. 18, 1945, and reconvened in Nuremberg on Nov. 20, confronted Germans with the reality of what had been done in their name. It was the beginning of a process of reckoning and repentance that continues to this day.

Opinions Conflict on Ending Life Support

By Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff
Published on November 6, 2003

The Florida case of a woman on life support for 13 years has put issues of how we die and when and how doctors and others should intervene on the front page. Whatever the courts say about that case, however, will only apply to federal and Florida law.

What would Jewish law say about such a case? That question is important because the issues raised in that case confront Jews often as they care for their parents, spouse and other loved ones and as they contemplate their own dying process.

The basic Jewish principle about these matters is clear: We are, on the one hand, not allowed to hasten the dying process, but on the other, we are not supposed to prolong it either.

Professional-Lay Relations Need Examining

By Gary Wexler
Published on October 17, 2002

When people query me as to who our clients are, if the person is Jewish, I often answer, "Half our clients are Jewish organizations. And the other half are people who treat us really nicely."

The Good News About W.

By James D. Besser
Published on August 30, 2001

Good news has been in short supply since the Mideast peace process crashed and burned last September and the region was engulfed with violence, which shows no sign of abating.

But for pro-Israel activists, there is one bright note: Bush II is proving to be a far cry from Bush I.