Editorial & Commentary

Should the death of a child be a strong enough motivator for change? Or does it require a lawsuit?

Among evil dictators, Saddam stands unique in his preoccupation with his own power and glory. Is it far fetched to assume that he actually was the last manifestation of Nebuchadnezzar?

Gerald Ford's presidency offers a valuable lesson in maintaining successful interpersonal relationships, and offers a vivid demonstration of the presence of G-d's hand in times of need.

Apparently, some reporters and news editors already "knew" that the rabbi is against the trees, and nothing--not even their own reportage--was going to change the way they present the story

Imagine the invading Greek army entering the Holy Temple where gold, silver and precious stones were everywhere to be found, and searching for the... oil!

It has been said that negative campaigning is "as American as Mississippi mud." So is there anything we can do about it?

Plucking a child out of his or her native environment is very traumatizing for the child. But sometimes the child's very life depends on it. Here's what you can do to ease the transition...

As a member of the Jewish people I say, "Pluto, we feel your pain..."

Israel will fight back until Hamas and Hezbollah accept a cease fire, at least for the time being. Yet that is exactly what we must fear...

Finding the middle ground between military force and pacific diplomacy

Matisyahu, who will be celebrating the Passover seders this year with his family at a college campus Chabad House, speaks about what Passover means to him, and the influence of Chassidic philosophy on his music, his daily life and his inner self

On the rare occasions when we are swayed by an "opinion piece" on a controversial issue, more often than not it's not by the arguments made, but by who is making them

When something consistently reoccurs in our world--a particular weather pattern, a bottle-nosed dolphin migrating habit, a quirk of human behavior--we call it "nature." Apparently, the Jews-in-the-news phenomenon is a force of nature...

It's hard for us to comprehend that there are people who are merciless and get joy out of murder. Innately, we refuse to see that we are being tricked, preferring to believe that our enemies want peace, as we do...

"Why should we pray for him?" one community member responded to my e-mail. "Have you already forgotten what he did to our brothers and sisters in the Gaza Strip?"

They built a barricade to protect themselves from the deadly gasses, they donned their oxygen tanks, and they waited and waited and waited...

Our mission and purpose may be hidden, perhaps, even, never fully revealed; yet a simple action--or inaction--on our part has the power to change the world