Editorial
Balloon boy, climate change and ‘renegade Jews’
As this issue of the Jewish World goes to press, the Larimer County district attorney in Colorado is still pondering...
Missing Ruth
With psalms and prayers, the fine nets our people have woven, we will recapture our dreams. —from “Wingless,” by Ruth...
Sukkot and global warming
You meet the most interesting people in the Jewish World offices. Two recent visitors were from the Arava Institute for...
Jewish consciousness in 5770
It has been an eventful year, 5769 (which is reviewed in this edition, beginning on Page 1B). For many in...
Editorial: Sweden and the new blood libel
The American Jewish World reported on the extraordinary conference on Holocaust remembrance and education hosted by the government of Sweden...
A civil debate on health care reform
In this edition of the Jewish World, we have a rabbinic viewpoint on the health care reform debate, which seems to...
Wayward New Jersey rabbis
The recent arrests of mayors, other elected officials and Orthodox rabbis in a New Jersey corruption investigation have been widely...
Obama and American Jews vs. Netanyahu
Haaretz correspondent Barak Ravid reported earlier this month that an “atmosphere of permanent crisis has surrounded” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Some advice for Sen. Franken
First, a big Mazal Tov! The American Jewish World’s editorial on Oct. 24, 2008, carried the headline “Al Franken for U.S....
Insurrection in Iran, via Twitter
People around the world have been riveted by news reports about the ongoing protests in Iran, and the brutal repression...
