Forty-three years ago, “A Nation at Risk,” a bipartisan federal report commissioned under President Reagan, warned that declining academic standards and weak student outcomes were putting America’s economic future...
The tragic terrorist attack on a Chanukah celebration on Bondi Beach happened on the other side of the world, but it could have happened here. In the United States, a nation...
Long before Jews were overrepresented in universities, both as students and faculty, it was the Jews who established education as an imperative. “You shall teach them diligently to your...
Thursday morning after the end of the Sukkot holiday, Rabbi Moshe Hauer and I were scheduled to meet at the White House with senior officials to discuss priority issues...
Twenty-five years ago today, Aug. 7, 2000, presidential nominee Al Gore announced Sen. Joe Lieberman as his running mate on the Democratic ticket. Lieberman made history as the first...
The American Jewish community is under attack, but Congress is acting like business as usual. In just the past three weeks, two Israeli Embassy employees were murdered in the...
As Jews worldwide celebrate Jerusalem Day, you will hear tales about the miraculous reunification of Jerusalem and joyful retellings of the miracle of the Six Day War in which Israel’s...
For young Jewish college students, Joe Lieberman is, at best, a historical curiosity. In the pantheon of political movers and shakers, the religiously observant former senator from Connecticut, who...
By Nathan Diament Every two years, the incoming Congress is sworn in with fresh optimism and ambitious plans. While those are often washed away in the reality of DC politics, there...
By Nathan Diament Enough. Every week, another horrific act of antisemitism reminds us that we are witnessing an epidemic of hatred infecting our country and world. Last week, it...
