Editorial & Opinion | Gary Rosenblatt

12/18/2013 | | Editor and Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

On Passover we ask The Four Questions. At year’s end here are four lessons I learned (among many) from events over the last 12 months.

12/11/2013 | | Editor and Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

In what appears to be a major breakthrough in the long, tortuous effort to solve the problem of agunot, or "chained wives," an international religious court is in formation, headed by a highly respected Orthodox rabbi, with the goal of freeing women trapped in broken marriages.

12/04/2013 | | Editor and Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

Several weeks ago the Nathan Cummings Foundation, a stalwart in the Jewish philanthropic community for 25 years, announced that its new strategic plan calls for focusing on two specific areas: inequality and climate change.

11/27/2013 | | Editor and Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

Ari Shavit, the popular Israeli newspaper columnist for Haaretz, seems to be everywhere in the American media these days, talking about his newly published and highly praised book, “My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel.” That’s a good thing for those of us who believe that the better Israel is known and understood, flaws and all, the more it will be appreciated and supported.

11/20/2013 | | Editor and Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

About the worst thing you can call an Israeli is a “freier,” a sucker. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants the world to know that he and his government are not “freiers,” certainly not ready to accept the “bad deal” between Iran and the U.S. and key Western allies that would ease crippling economic sanctions on Tehran in return for suspending — but not dismantling — its nuclear program.

11/13/2013 | | Editor and Publisher | Gary Rosenblatt

