Ehud Olmert era comes to ignominious end

Published on September 22, 2008

Ehud Olmert's formal resignation Sunday was an ignominious end to a premiership marked by multiple corruption scandals, a failed war in Lebanon and unfinished business on the Palestinian, Syrian and Iranian fronts.

Take back L.A.

By Rob Eshman
Published on July 9, 2008

I love Los Angeles, but let's face facts: We're fast becoming a second-rate city. Public safety is broken. Jews in Los Angeles were rightly outraged in June when Hamas rocket attacks from Gaza killed one Israeli in Sderot. But in one weekend of that same month, 14 Angelenos were murdered in gang-related shootings.

A doctor’s visit

By Bill Boyarsky
Published on May 29, 2008

A visit with Dr. Eugene Gettelman, who celebrates his 100th birthday on June 17, shows how much medicine has gained and lost in the last half century

Orthodox feminists make little progress on agunot

By Ben Harris
Published on February 22, 2007

The rhetoric on agunot contrasted sharply from that on other topics at the conference, where a sense of confidence bordering on the triumphant prevailed, owing to the substantial progress made in the decade since JOFA's founding.

‘State Department for Jews’ Hits 100

By Dina Kraft
Published on April 13, 2006

In a meeting room with gold silk curtains and tiled walls, a delegation from the American Jewish Committee (AJC) takes their seats at a long, glass-topped table facing Tunisia's foreign minister and his aides. Soon the questions begin: When will Tunisia resume official relations with Israel? What is the country's stance on Iran?

Spectator - The Holy Land of Progress

By Chanan Tigay
Published on October 6, 2005

The Israeli firm, M-Systems, developed flash technology that allows huge amounts of computer data to be stored on a key chain.

Presbyterians Won’t Budge on Divesting

By James D. Besser
Published on April 14, 2005

You have to hand it to those Presbyterians. Their leaders know what they want, and they won't be deflected by things like logic, fairness or the well-being of people in the Middle East.

The Optimist

By Rob Eshman
Published on March 10, 2005

I needed two forms of picture ID to enter the Pentagon, but I only brought one. The journalism students I accompanied last week -- participants in Hillel's Spitzer Conference J-Track program -- all had driver's licenses and university identification.