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Analyzing Israel's Election 2009
We are writing this before the numbers from Israel’s election are in. By the time you read it, however, the votes will have been counted and either Likud or Kadima… Read more
Connecticut and Gaza
Last week’s Ledger included statements on Gaza from our state’s two Senators. They were very different. While both expressed complete agreement with Israel’s right to defend herself, Senator Christopher Dodd… Read more
Exclusive: Is a Two-State Solution a Roadmap to Disaster?
By Frederic Leder and Ricky Greenfield For two thousand years, with no real power of their own, Jews survived outside their own state by using compromise to buy another day… Read more
Mumbai –The media misses the Who again
It won’t be long until the Mumbai massacre moves to the back pages of our newspapers and other stories lead the news on the airwaves. This means fewer people will… Read more
The dollar and what it buys: Mitzvot, Federation and You
The market goes up, the market goes down.¬ The price of gas¬ doubles at the pump¬ and milk costs more at the supermarket. But few of the readers of this paper living… Read more
The Olympics: We will just ignore them
In April the Ledger editorialized about boycotting the Olympic Games in Bejing. We expressed our opinion that we ought not allow China to define herself in terms of international games… Read more
Jesse Helms: Strong convictions, lasting legacy
John Adams our second President, and Thomas Jefferson, our third, were lifelong rivals who loved this country they served with every ounce of their being. So much so, that the… Read more
It's the supply side stupid, the supply side
May 20, 2008–Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee passed up another opportunity to expand our supply of domestically produced energy by voting down a proposal to end the moratorium on shale… Read more
As it was in 1943, the first seder this year is on April 19th.
April 19, 1943: The First Seder 1943 was the year that a tiny remnant of Jews rose up in their agony to hit back at those murderers and oppressors who… Read more
Bear Stearns: The long, illustrious (Jewish) history of Bear Stearns
For most of America, the name “Bear Stearns” hasn’t meant much until this week. From now on, unfortunately, it will always be associated with financial failure rather than with its… Read more
