September 11

By Ilana Angel
Published on September 10, 2012

Q&A with the 'Ground Zero' Imam

By Dennis Prager
Published on July 24, 2012

On July 20, Jewish Journal columnist Dennis Prager conducted a lengthy interview on his radio show with Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, author of “What’s Right With America,” who is best known for his plans to build an Islamic community center, including a mosque, near the World Trade Center in New York. What follows is the transcribed text of that interview.

10 years after 9/11, what has changed?

By Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Published on September 7, 2011

Even before the 110-story cloud of smoke cleared 10 years ago, America, and American Jews, grappled with a new desire to seek out the enemy — on the one hand to thwart him, and on the other to find out who he is, why he hates us so much and what we can do about it.

One woman’s political awakening

Published on September 7, 2011

Sept. 11 is partly responsible for my choice of career. In 2001, I was an architecture student, even if a disillusioned one, completely uninterested in politics and affairs of the world.

Afghanistan’s turning point

Published on September 7, 2011

It was a decade ago that a number of terrorists conducted the most horrifying attack on the United States.

Lee Baca: Talk to people—Then arrest the right ones

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on September 7, 2011

For many, the world changed on Sept. 11, 2001. For Lee Baca, who had been elected Los Angeles County Sheriff three years earlier, his job changed, too.

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.

Anti-Semitic conspiracy theories about 9/11 persist

Published on September 6, 2011

Osama bin Laden is dead. A new skyscraper is rising at the site of the old World Trade Center. U.S. troops are withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Solving a grim Jewish quandary after the attacks: Avoiding agunah problems for 9/11 widows

Published on August 31, 2011

When unthinkable disaster struck a decade ago and close to 3,000 people were murdered at the World Trade Center, the scale of destruction created a unique challenge for victims’ families: identification of the dead.

Solving a grim Jewish quandary after the attacks: Avoiding agunah problems for 9/11 widows

Published on August 25, 2011

When unthinkable disaster struck a decade ago and close to 3,000 people were murdered at the World Trade Center, the scale of destruction created a unique challenge for victims’ families: identification of the dead.