Op-Eds

The venerable ADL is being dragged off course by a new executive director with no experience addressing anti-Semitism and a long pedigree as a left-wing activist. Mr. Mandel’s criticism was accurate and constructive.

It is easy to recognize the hate of 50 years ago; it takes discernment to recognize the hate of today. President Trump should have named all of the hate groups involved, or none. He was right the first time.

The Chief Rabbinate provides expatriate Israelis with an irreplaceable gift. It is a priceless heirloom bestowed upon their children rather than themselves: the gift of a bona-fide Jewish identity.

Would Trump be a true conservative, or was he really a liberal and a conservative hybrid at once, a man bereft of grounded ideology? Now, six months into Trump’s first term, he is the real thing.

Some in the media, and Palestinian leadership in particular, have now used fake news to justify the commission of new and horrific acts of terror.

Letter to the Editor: Rabbi Steinlauf’s claim that the “ultra-Orthodox” have sole control over Jewish “personal-status” matters in Israel is pejorative and groundless; Israel uses the same common standards that Jews around the globe have observed for centuries.

If AIPAC involves itself in religious conflicts and takes stands on issues unrelated to Israel’s security, it will narrow its base of support.

Proponents of same-sex adoption argue that the practice poses no risk to children. Even aside from the example of gross immorality set by parents who live as a “gay couple,” the facts say otherwise.

The Israeli “crime” was that it dared to install metal detectors at the scene of a double-murder of its policemen and take basic security precautions. According to the PA, the Muslim terrorists are not the villains, but the Israeli police.

The House dress code has been in existence for centuries, it is not the invention of Speaker Ryan. The opportunity for an objective discussion of dress codes and appropriate appearance should not be shunted aside.