Politics

Taxation, immigration, health care. What is the Jewish perspective on the hot button issues of today? Drawing on sources from the Torah, this course examines hotly debated contemporary political issues from an authentic Jewish perspective.

Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Chabad emissary in Washington, D.C., and rabbi to ambassadors, presidents and potentates, shares firsthand accounts of how the Rebbe’s teachings have influenced the world’s most powerful men and women. (Recorded on the occasion of the ...

It seems to me that Republican Scott Brown's stunning victory in the Massachusetts special election has the potential to be a positive watershed moment for Mr. Obama's administration.

Senator Harry Reid made a racially insensitive remark regarding President Obama. He’s apologized. Some have accepted his apology, some have not. Who is right?

Together with many of my coworkers, I huddled around the computer screen watching as President Obama took the oath of office and delivered his inaugural address. One thing, however, was gnawing at me, yet I couldn't put my finger on it. Then it hit me...

This election will not truly look like America, will not transcend the petty partisan politics of the past, without a Jewish mother candidate. Yes, running for president will complicate my schedule for the next many months, but who better to make sacrific...

There is a brewing political situation, which may or may not develop into a scandal. But it's the cover-up that sinks them every time...

At an intimate gathering in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Nov. 11, leaders of the German and American Jewish communities honored Cornelia Seibeld, president of the Berlin State Assembly, and members of the German government to thank them for their stalwart support o...

On Election Day morning, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) made a personal prayer visit to the Ohel, the resting place of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory. The senator from New York chose to spend an hour at the holy site a...

Typically, government swearing-in ceremonies are solemn if predictable affairs. A few welcoming remarks might be shared to commend the incoming official, followed by the oath, confirmation and some photos. But in Argentina this week, President Javier Mile...