Israel Is Smaller in Size But Stronger in Spirit

By Uri Dromi
Published on August 4, 2005

The withdrawal from Gaza, scheduled to begin in mid-August, is one of the most important events in the history of the State of Israel. It will determine whether Israel can continue to be a Jewish and democratic state.

No Jewish Child Left Behind

By George D. Hanus
Published on November 13, 2003

Amid the troubling statistics of the 2000 National Jewish Population Survey, there is one genuinely positive trend. The percentage of children in Jewish day schools is the highest it's ever been. Twenty-nine percent of Jewish children today have attended a day school at some point.

Many Jewish parents have recognized that a day school education can give their kids the strong identity and sense of rootedness that they need to navigate an increasingly complex world.

Stopping the Violence

By Michael Aushenker
Published on March 23, 2000

It's no secret that Israelis experience many of the same social ills that Americans do. However, there has never been an official study to identify the breadth and nature of domestic abuse in the Jewish State... until now.

Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun Epidemic

By Michael Aushenker
Published on October 7, 1999

The statistics are shocking. Last year, more than 1 million children carried a concealed pistol to school. In 1997, 32,436 people died because of firearm violence. And of that number, only 268 deaths could be categorized as "justifiable homicides."

Autism: The New Epidemic

By Wendy J. Madnick
Published on April 15, 1999

arbara and Sheldon Helfing never expected to have one autistic child, much less two. Their son Leland, now 5, was born prematurely and began showing signs of a neurological disorder before reaching his 1st birthday.