In the article titled “Torah navigation leads to new journeys,” published on May 9, 2013, a name was missspelled. Russel Neiss is the correct spelling. We regret the error. – Netanel (Ted) Deutsch

By Marc Schneier Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is correct to describe a new proposal by the Arab League to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks as “a very big step forward.” Yet there will be no serious movement toward peace until Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responds to the [ Read More...]

Dear Editor, “Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor,” Leviticus 19:16. The Greater Cincinnati Board of Rabbis strongly supports Governor Kasich in his request to expand Medicaid coverage in Ohio as provided for by the Affordable Care Act, and urges our state representatives to vote for this expansion. We see this as [ Read More...]

By Sarah Chandler Jewish Telegraphic Agency FALLS VILLAGE, Conn. – Judaism is designed to be a person’s operating system, the platform on which other areas of one’s life functions. But for many Jews, religious practice sits on a shelf alongside theater subscriptions, gym memberships and soccer practice, relegated to one of many offerings from which [ Read More...]

By Ben Cohen JointMedia News Service Of all the half-truths and misconceptions that mar the American debate over the level of influence exercised by Israel on U.S. Middle East policy, the most irritating has to be the manner in which Israel’s foes ignore the behavior of our Arab and Middle Eastern allies when it comes [ Read More...]

By Anne Mintz Jewish Telegraphic Agency NEW YORK – I have mixed emotions about Natan Sharansky’s proposed agreement to expand the public space at the Western Wall to include the currently secluded area known as Robinson’s Arch. As a lifelong Conservative Jew, I applaud any plan that seeks to treat egalitarian worshipers and women’s prayer [ Read More...]

By Andrew Baker Jewish Telegraphic Agency CAIRO – My first visit to Egypt was eight years ago. My guide was Carmen Weinstein, the head of Egypt’s Jewish community, and on a hot September day we drove through the usual chaotic traffic with our driver to visit 10 synagogues. I am the son of American Jews, [ Read More...]

By Susie Gelman Jewish Telegraphic Agency (Washington Jewish Week) – With all of the many issues confronting the state of Israel – the Iranian nuclear threat, the challenges of renewing meaningful peace talks with the Palestinians, the increasing social divisions in Israeli society, an unconventional and somewhat precarious coalition government, serious deficits in the educational [ Read More...]

By Ben Cohen JointMedia News Service Here’s a term that rarely crops up in discussions of American policy toward northeast Asia: the Korea Lobby. And as for the pejorative term “Korea Firsters,” that isn’t one I’ve come across. It’s not as if a cluster of organizations working to enhance our relationship with South Korea, or [ Read More...]

Dear Editor, AJC applauds introduction in the U.S. Senate of new bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform legislation (S.744). Eleven million prospective new Americans can strengthen America’s economy and democratic pluralism. At last we can permanently fix America’s broken immigration system by creating a much-needed path to earned citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the U.S., while offering [ Read More...]