Op-Eds

Our self-identification as “conservatives” on a host of issues is not, in actuality, partisan, but the unavoidable consequence of being Torah observant.

Orthodox Jews, whom every demographic study confirms are the only growing population group in American Jewish life — and doing so rapidly — are rock-ribbed Republican conservatives.

He knows it’s a fight to the finish — he has no other choice.

While it is so that Donald Trump has not yet succeeded with major legislation, the golden key to his presidency is the executive one: executive actions and initiatives that lie within the exclusive jurisdiction of the President. It is here that the Trump presidency is a smashing success, in defiance of its innumerable detractors.

Millions of Israelis traverse King George Street every year. None of these people thinks of changing the street’s name or takes offense to it.

When public figures speak about issues “becoming a distraction”, it usually means that they are engaging in damage control. This is no exception.

I just watched the President’s entire 14-minute impromptu news conference. Not the reportage about the conference, but the entire 14 minutes unedited, uninterrupted. I found myself agreeing with his every word.

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.