Web Op-Ed: I Used to be a Democrat by David Epstein
By David Epstein
My trajectory from Democrat to Republican had a few curves of my own making. First, I volunteered to work for George McGovern...
The Jewish Part in the Caucasus Conflict
Last week, as the state of war was officially declared between Russia and Georgia over the region of South Ossetia, Israel suddenly popped into the...
Of Politics and Water
Senior Editor Mandy Katz reports from Israel...
A water crisis notwithstanding, tourists are having fun up here in the Kineret, Israel's name for the Sea of...
A Dangerous Place?
Senior Editor Mandy Katz reports from Israel:
Megiddo, an ancient city overseeing the mountain pass from Mesopotamia across the Jezreel Valley, supposedly saw some of history's...
Jerusalem Gets Botoxed
Senior Editor Mandy Katz reports from Israel:
Jerusalem's had work done. Well, not the Old City, which changes little from day t--- er, century to...
Our Response to David Duke, White Nationalists
When we discovered that David Duke, the Holocaust denier, former KKK grand wizard, and anti-Semite extraordinaire, and the White Nationalist online community Stormfront...
An "Outrageous Display of Unrepentant Racism, Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia"
When Dinko Sakić, the last living Holocaust concentration camp director, died last week, Jewish organizations and others hoped that his funeral would not be used...
Jewish Rep. Sponsors House Resolution Apologizing for Slavery, Jim Crow
Just when you thought we were finished with Jewish/African-American issues...
The House of Representatives voted yesterday to pass a resolution issuing a formal apology to African-Americans...
Sderot and the Negev: The Strength of the Israeli Spirit
Placing his hand on the walls of the Kotel during his short visit to Jerusalem, Sen. Barack Obama shared his hopeful spirits with the people...
Jews with Tattoos
Next time you place judgment on your old Sunday School friend who decided to get inked in college, or find it oxymoronic that your friend's...
Beijing Olympics: Jewish Update
We are getting closer and closer to the Beijing Olympics next month, where all the Jews whose baseball teams have nothing left to play for...
F1 Chief Wins Suit Over Nazi Orgy
Perhaps you heard the vulgar story News of the World published a while back about Formula One chief Max Mosley—the son of British fascist Oswald...