Editorial
Editorial: Hanuka and not the end of the world
As we go to press this week, with a special edition celebrating the post-biblical, minor holiday of Hanuka, something is...
Editorial: Israel and Hamas bring the pain
Israel is at war with Hamas, again. You can spend all day reading news reports and commentaries — and wind...
Editorial: Troubling news from Israel
As the American Jewish World goes to press this week, the results of the 2012 elections are unknown. Nate Silver’s...
Editorial: Josie Johnson is worried about America
The job of editing a newspaper entails certain compromises and the occasional pangs of conscience. At the top, I want...
Editorial: Beyond the elections
The October issue of The Atlantic magazine included a number of articles billed under the general theme: “You call this...
Editorial: A roof over our heads
The Web site of the Union for Reform Judaism informs us that “Sukkot, a Hebrew word meaning ‘booths’ or ‘huts,’...
Editorial: What we think about when we think about the High Holidays
The traditional greeting for Rosh Hashana is “L’shana tova tikatevu” — “May you be inscribed for a good year.” The...
Guest editorial: On Labor Day and Jewish values
Our prophetic tradition and the history of Jews in movements for social change in the U.S. should inform the Jewish...
Editorial: My interview with a former racist skinhead
Arno Michaelis, a former racist skinhead, could not keep track of the press interviews he had done in recent days....
Editorial: Shades of ‘Tail-Gunner Joe’
The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines “McCarthyism” as a “mid-20th century political attitude characterized chiefly by opposition to elements held to...
