Opinion | Who’s Afraid of Al Jazeera?
By Amy E. Schwartz
An American offshoot of the Qatari network makes some watchdogs nervous.
Media observers buzzed with consternation last August when Al Jazeera, the Qatari-owned...
Opinion | Why Democracy in Egypt Still Matters
By Tamara Cofman Wittes
The United States needs to accept that the days of one-man rule are gone forever.
Three years after the hopeful scenes of the Arab...
Opinion | Israel’s Unresolved Democracy Problem
By Marshall Breger
How can the Palestinians recognize a Jewish state if Israelis don’t know what that means?
In 1958, David Ben-Gurion wrote to 47 leading Jewish...
Opinion // Jews Aren’t the Only Ones Marrying Out
By Mark Oppenheimer // Fewer and fewer American religious groups practice endogamy today.
Opinion // Rip-Off Rabbis and Sacred Scammers
By Naomi Ragen // Several high-profile Israeli rabbis have come under fire for less-than-holy schemes.
Opinion: Fundamentalism: The Tea Party’s True Faith
And why we haven’t heard the last of Ted Cruz and other anti-government conservatives. // By Sarah Posner
Opinion: Was Humanitarian Intervention a Passing Fad?
Syria is a perfect example of how this 1990s concept has fallen out of favor // By Ben Cohen
Opinion: The American Jewish Thought Police on Patrol
A political “big tent” would be better for Washington, DC's Theater J and everyone else. // By Marshall Breger
Ask the Rabbis | Women & Religion
Is Judaism good for women?
Opinion | Shmarya Rosenberg
Some New York politicians bend over backwards to accommodate Hasidic demands.
Opinion | Naomi Ragen
Since the recent elections, new laws are changing Israeli society for better and worse.
Opinion | Clifford D. May
Syria’s descent into chaos and extremism does not bode well for its neighbors.