Editorial Cartoon: House half full

By Steve Greenberg
Published on January 30, 2013

Poll: Center-left bloc could tie Netanyahu-led bloc at 46 seats

Published on January 18, 2013

Israel could see a left-wing coalition to match the right-wing bloc’s 46 projected seats, according to the last poll before Jan. 22 elections.

How Hollywood’s biggest politicos leaned right, not left

By Jonathan Kirsch
Published on March 14, 2012

Ronald Reagan, Shirley Temple, Sony Bono, George Murphy and Arnold Schwarzenegger are all entertainers who launched their political careers in California, and they are all Republicans. Indeed, aside from Al Franken, no prominent Democratic officeholder on the scene today started out in the entertainment industry.

Rightward swing in Hungarian elections

Published on April 12, 2010

A far right party, Jobbik, won 26 seats in Hungarian parliamentary elections Sunday, to the dismany of Hungarian and European Jewish leaders.

The winner in Sunday's election was the conservative Fidesz party and its ally the Christian People’s Party, which together took 206 seats in the 386-seat Parliament. Fidesz now has until June to form a government.

Radical right resents judges and juries

By Bill Boyarsky
Published on November 2, 2006

These days no judge is safe from the assault of the religious right, anti-government crusaders and law and order zealots.

Exercise your right to read—without censorship

By Shoshana Lewin-Fischer
Published on September 28, 2006

The American Library Association got more than 400 requests to ban books last year. But most of those requests were unsuccessful, because of librarians, teachers, parents, students and other people who make sure books stay on shelves.

Why Are We Jews?

By Rabbi Asher Brander
Published on January 5, 2006

Wherein lies the power of the Judah personality? Is this the same Judah who initiates the sale of his brother and whose conduct in the Tamar episode raises troubling questions? Equally remarkable is the haunting silence of Judah's siblings. Why is it Judah alone who stands tall in the face of the hostile viceroy who wants to seize Benjamin? Are they not all certain of the consequent early demise of their father Jacob?

Yeladim

By Abby Gilad
Published on January 13, 2005

In last week's Torah Portion, the Israelites sat back and watched as God brought seven plagues upon the Egyptians. This week, in Parshat Bo, we read of the last three plagues.

Heart to Heart With ‘South Beach’ Doc

By Soriya Daniels
Published on November 25, 2004

Carbohydrate-filled days are over. Almost everyone is on the Atkins or Zone Diet. That is unless they've deserted them for The South Beach Diet, which proposes eating the "right carbs" and the "right fats" along with protein, giving dieters the best of both worlds.

Beyond Left and Right in Israel

By Ami Nahshon
Published on November 25, 2004

When it comes to politics in Israel, left and right rarely agree. In a country where even sports teams are aligned with political parties, there is one issue that should unite Israelis and their American supporters from across the political spectrum: the need to foster opportunity and equality for Israel's 1.2 million Arab citizens.

From the Mouths of Babes

By Joan G Friedman
Published on November 11, 2004

Marital advice from the under 11's.

Superflirt

By Carin Davis
Published on August 19, 2004

Faster than a benching rabbi. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall bachelors in a single bound. Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's SuperFlirt.

Exit Strategy

By Mark Miller
Published on May 29, 2003

I got to wondering why Amanda chose to dump me in such a cold fashion when what preceded it was 10 months of passion. And the only thing I could come up with was that Amanda chose to take the easy way out -- for her. She didn't want a confrontation, an argument or the pain of raw, exposed emotion; she simply left -- and left me holding the big, unopened Pandora's box of sudden loss.

Condemning the Vote

By Julie Wiener
Published on April 6, 2000

It's bad for Jewish unity, but not as bad as the decision to recognize the children of Jewish fathers and non-Jewish mothers as Jews.
That's how Orthodox and Conservative rabbis are viewing the Reform movement's recent decision last week to affirm the right of its rabbis to officiate at gay and lesbian commitment ceremonies.