3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (453+ words) Every election, we are told, is too important for principle. It was an extraordinary formulation, but a familiar political temptation. El-Sayed has now apologized more fully for his response to the March terrorist attack on Temple Israel outside Detroit. After…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (302+ words) Can Our Democracy Survive the Challenge? The op-ed by David Butler “When Technology Outpaces Democracy” (Aug. 20) represents an important appeal to the American electorate to become aware of the dangers of our changed culture. Having made a strong case for…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (947+ words) Put it this way, and it sounds very close indeed: the election is next month. Its outcome will largely be decided this coming Tuesday, just as it was decided the last time when Balad chose to break up the Joint…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (642+ words) Sharon Udasin | JTA The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill that would prevent federal funds from going to academic institutions that participate in commercial boycotts of Israel. The HR 4795 bill, co-sponsored by North Carolina Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (598+ words) Settlers. Colonists. By now, there is hardly any need to add the adjective “violent.” In the imagination of much of the world, it is simply taken for granted. Anti-Israel propaganda has chosen above all to showcase young hooligans with long…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (360+ words) Joseph Strauss | JTA Vice President JD Vance acknowledged that he has “political disagreements” with Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News personality who has spread antisemitic conspiracy theories and sparked a rift within the Republican Party. But that won’t impact their…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (397+ words) Hasan Piker does not particularly interest us. America has never lacked people willing to say ugly things about Jews. What interests us — and increasingly alarms us — is why so many people who should know better keep inviting him into the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (251+ words) Israel has every reason to be worried about Turkey’s growing military presence in Syria. It also has every reason not to turn that concern into a war with Turkey. Israel cannot simply watch that happen without asking where Turkish involvement…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (438+ words) Forty members of Congress, led by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, are demanding that Secretary of State Marco Rubio secure the immediate release of Sama Safi, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen being held by Israel. Their concern for Safi’s health is legitimate. Their demand…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (386+ words) Sometimes political change comes through a great ideological realignment. Sometimes it comes because politicians who cannot stand one another refuse to sit in the same room. Israel may be witnessing the latter. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been pleading with…...