Opinion
August 23rd, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
(JTA) – As Jewish liaisons to four different presidents, we had the responsibility inside the White House to give voice to the perspectives and priorities of the American Jewish community. While our community may not be ... Read More →
August 16th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By the Ledger Editorial Advisory Board If there’s any such thing as an American Jewish no-brainer, it’s that when a crowd of white supremacists march through the streets of a town waving swastikas and shouting “The ... Read More →
August 9th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Ron Kampeas (JTA) – Bernie Sanders may hope to be seen as the true face of the Democratic Party, but he doesn’t have to get there by playing fast and loose with the truth. With ... Read More →
August 2nd, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
(JTA) — Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner are about the closest American Jews have to secular saints. The two Jewish civil rights workers traveled south for the Freedom Summer campaign of 1964, joining the African-American activist James Chaney in ... Read More →
July 18th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By the Ledger Editorial Advisory Board Politically-minded American Jews pay attention to two democracies, in keeping with their hyphenated identity. With a keen sense of participation, American Jews are transfixed by the drama playing out between ... Read More →
July 12th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Jonathan S. Tobin/JNS.org Non-Orthodox Jews are angry about the Israeli government’s decision to go back on its word about a new egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet ... Read More →
July 12th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By the Ledger Editorial Advisory Board Leonard E. Greenberg, who died Monday at the age of 89, was a native son of Hartford who never lacked the courage of his convictions. He walked into Trinity College ... Read More →
June 28th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By David Kraemer/(JTA) The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement has demanded that we all ask ourselves where we stand on questions of climate change, global warming and our collective responsibility for ... Read More →
June 21st, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Rafael Medoff Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists of all time. His contributions to physics revolutionized our understanding of the universe. The current television series based on his life is appropriately titled “Genius.” ... Read More →
June 7th, 2017 | by LedgerOnline
By Simone Rodan-Benzaquen and Julie Decroix PARIS (JTA) – In the French presidential campaign recently concluded, discussion of foreign policy was largely forgotten. Nonetheless, Emmanuel Macron, France’s new president, faces several critical global issues, among them ... Read More →