The Danger and Rampant Corruption of Traffic Light Cameras
By Seth Mandel
The ongoing IRS scandal has struck such a nerve with the public because it is a clear example of a prying, ever-present...
Bumbling Barack: Obama Should Have Called Paris Market Attack What It Is: Anti-Semitism
By Jonathan S. Tobin
This past week's bloody events in France have shocked the civilized world. But shock and sadness are not a sufficient response...
Poetic Comfort
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
The Jewish calendar year, with its peaks and valleys, days of rejoicing and days of sorrow, defines our moods. There are...
Koch: President Should Say Attack on Israel Is Attack on US
By Ed Koch
I met with President Obama on Sept. 21, 2011, after I supported Bob Turner, a Republican who won the congressional seat...
The Sassoon Family Tragedy – Why, Oh Why?
By Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss
The entire world was gripped with horror by the terrible fire that took away the pure, precious lives of seven...
The Failure of the Media in the Flotilla Fiasco
By Dovid Efune
The infamous Nazi Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels famously said "think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can...
Analysis: Condi Could KO Romney’s Jewish Appeal
By Jonathan S. Tobin
Put me down as being among those who are highly skeptical about the prospect of former Secretary of State Condoleezza...
A Case Study in Failed Leadership
By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff
Asara B’Teves marks the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem that would ultimately result in churban bayit rishon (the destruction of the First...
Response from YCT: Yeshivat Chovevei Torah’s Position on Torah MiSinai and Partnership Minyanim
By Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer
It was only a matter of time until YCT issued a response to the open letter of 11 of its graduates (please also see here), in...
What If Conservatives Have Lost the Argument?
By Peter Wehner
The debate over the "fiscal cliff" is an important tactical one and could have widespread political ramifications. There are complicated issues...
The Spark of Redemption
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
Although Chanukah is a mitzvah miderabonon, there are several oblique references in the Torah to the yom tov...
The Eternal Flame
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
As the joyous days of Chanukah are upon us, we should contemplate what it is that we are celebrating anwhy Chanukah...
You Are Not Alone
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
It's the last Mishnah of a masechta that is replete with depictions of the day's glory, immersions and offerings. It describes...
Even After Speech Fiasco, Israel Will Survive Netanyahu-Obama Feud
By Jonathan Tobin
It's been a bad couple of weeks for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. His decision to accept House Speaker John Boehner's invitation...
CUNY Allowing Jew-Hatred and Intimidation of Jewish Students
By Susan B. Tuchman, Zach Stern and Morton A. Klein
Campus anti-Semitism is a growing national problem and frighteningly, it has infected The City University of...
Opinion: Abe Foxman, Director Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Have You Considered Retirement?
The National Conference on Jewish Affairs (NCJA) recently expressed its dismay that the Anti-Defamation League actively lobbied, along with CAIR, to defeat Florida legislation...
Analysis: How Conservative Media Lost to the MSM and Failed the Rank and File
By Conor Friedersdorf
Before rank-and-file conservatives ask, "What went wrong?", they should ask themselves a question every bit as important: "Why were we the...
Remembering: In The Past, We See Our Future
By Rabbi Eliyahu Safran
The past is never dead. It’s not even past.
- William Faulkner
We Jews are a people of memories. Our past defines who we...
Lives of Kedoshim
By Rabbi Pinchos Lipschutz
During World War I, Eastern European Jewry was displaced. When the war ended, many found themselves in different towns than the...
Party Affiliation Doesn’t Matter In Super-Jewish District
By Orthodox Pundit
"When it comes to the Orthodox Jewish district, a theoretical Democratic candidate did better than three-to-one than a Republican in the CUNY/New York...
