Obama to nominate Kerry for sec. of state

Published on December 21, 2012

President Obama is set to nominate Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) as secretary of state.

Up close and personal with the TSA

Published on May 15, 2012

Recent days have been full of continually unfolding reports about a new intercepted underwear bomb intended to be carried aboard a U.S.-bound plane by an al-Qaida agent. That agent, said to be British, turned out to be working simultaneously with Saudi and U.S. intelligence, and the bomb never got near a plane. But as I prepared last week to board a flight to Alaska, where I would be participating in a conference devoted to the ethical work of Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, I couldn’t help but wonder what role this newly acquired knowledge will play in upcoming discussions about airport security and the effectiveness of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

TV Military Drama ‘Homeland’ Taps Into America’s Psyche

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on October 19, 2011

Iran’s Ahmadinejad attacks West, prompts walkout

Published on September 22, 2011

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attacked Western powers on Thursday for a catalogue of misdeeds, but his address to the United Nations failed to mention Tehran's disputed nuclear program.

Opinion: 9/11, 10 years later

By Rob Eshman
Published on September 7, 2011

When I was in New York last week, I prowled Ground Zero.

Ten years later, terrorists still using immigration loopholes

Published on September 6, 2011

Terrorism and U.S. immigration policies are closely linked. We have made some progress since terrorists killed 3,000 innocent people in New York and Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, but clearly not enough.

The Anti-Semitic Blame Game

By Ruth Stroud
Published on October 25, 2001

Is anti-Semitism on the rise since Sept. 11? Answers vary, depending on whom you ask.

"We haven't seen a resurgence of anti-Semitism since the Sept. 11 attacks," observed Amy Levy, a spokeswoman for the Anti-Defamation League's Pacific Southwest Region, which encompasses most of Southern California. Others, such as Rabbi Meyer May, executive director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance, have reported increased verbal assaults.