election

Even Those We Hate Are Made in God’s Image

There is a myth of a time when everyone in the world was able to work together on the same ...

Day of Judgment

Well, folks, here we are. Just a few days out from arguably the most important election for the future of the ...

Advice from Our Sages: Get Out and Vote

“Mommy, if we didn’t live in the United States, where would we live?” my son asked me. His question came ...

The Cost of Anger

“Are you an angry feminist?”I was recalling an awkward but critical discussion I had once had, to Andrea Hodos a ...

Words Matter

Last night, as the Republican debate began, a Facebook friend wrote that she was having her own internal debate about ...

Rabbi Elected to National Office in Africa

Yes, it’s true. The Chief Rabbi of Uganda has been elected to parliament in his home country. A remarkable feat ...

How Jewish Is Bernie Sanders?

How Jewish is Bernie Sanders? This question rose to the surface after Sanders’ historic victory in the New Hampshire Democratic ...

Should Jews Vote for Bernie?

Last night Bernie Sanders made history as the first Jew to win a primary in a presidential election, soundly defeating ...

Israeli Elections: True Confessions of a 21st Century Israeli-American

You say you care about the Israeli election?  Me too, but how much do you know? How many political parties ...

Pope versus Pal

Pope Benedict says that he’ll be stepping down at the end of February. It’s been 600 years since a sitting ...