Motion to vacate Prop 8 ruling over Judge Walker’s sexuality is denied
A federal judge who ruled against a ban on same-sex marriage in California and later revealed that he is gay showed no evidence he was prejudiced in the case, according to a ruling Tuesday.
Editor's Picks
What Ever Happened to the LA Times?
Dan Schnur
Who Are the Jews On Joe Biden’s Cabinet?
Ryan Torok
No Labels: The Group Fighting for the Political Center
Larry Greenfield
Latest Articles
Requiem for 9/11
Thane Rosenbaum
Let’s Create Real Support for Our Nation’s Jewish College Students
Samuel J. Abrams
Avinu Malkeinu — A New Poem
September 10, 2026
Our Parent, our Sovereign – I’m embarrassed to tell You we have not been great.
The Genocide Lie: When a Libel Becomes a Label
September 10, 2026
The thing with labels is that they stick. That is a good thing for a group like the Nazis, but to nonchalantly slap the “genocide” label on Israel and its supporters is criminal.
A Bisl Rosh Hashana ~ Not Your Typical New Year
September 10, 2026
Rosh Hashana is reserved for soulful transformation: Resolving to be something different in the Jewish new year.
Print Issue: Confronting Personal Tragedy: A Rosh Hashanah Reflection | September 11, 2026
September 10, 2026
These are among the themes of Rosh Hashanah: Who will live and who will die? Who will suffer and who will prosper? And if I may add a couple of questions of my own: Who will be grateful and who will be ungrateful? Who will complain and who will create?
Happy Birthday, Judea Pearl
September 10, 2026
One thing I am sure of: Judea is inarguably a proud Jew, a steadfast member of this multimillennial Jewish Peoplehood. The other is that I love the man, plain and simple.
Exiled from Zamosc, Survival in the Far-Off Lands
September 10, 2026
Daniela Gerson’s “The Wanderers” is all that you can ask for from a book. Meticulously researched, exquisitely told, it is an adventure story spanning more than 80 years, even a love story.
At 6:29 A.M., to Honor Nova, the Music Stopped at Burning Man
September 10, 2026
The project was organized by the Nova Tribe Community Association, the nonprofit created after Oct. 7, by producers of the Nova festival to support survivors and bereaved families and commemorate those murdered.
9/11 Didn’t Make America Immune to Strategic Surprise
September 10, 2026
Assume the next surprise attack is only a matter of time, and use that time to make it harder to carry out and less catastrophic when it comes.
More Than Just a Meal: Bringing People Together at OBKLA
September 10, 2026
OBKLA has welcomed more than 80,000 volunteers, including students, synagogue and church groups, corporate organizations, top leadership teams from companies such as Netflix and Amazon and, of course, celebrities.
The Shofar Blower
September 10, 2026
Through poetic reflections, Torah wisdom and personal stories, Salem explores the shofar as a tool for mindfulness, healing, surrender and inner transformation.
Political Activists Are Erasing September 11 in K-12 Education
September 10, 2026
Islamist terrorism remains a threat to the United States, the West, and the Jewish people. We cannot allow the history of September 11 to be twisted into an indictment of the society that was attacked.
Sweet Devotion: An Apple Cake Recipe
September 9, 2026
I’m telling you that there’s something special about this apple cake and the way that it just melts in your mouth.
Beware: the Durban Delirium Trumped the Essential Lessons of 9/11
September 9, 2026
This ideological pogrom eerily mapped out the antizionism mania that has now hit America’s shores, using the noble fights against racism, colonialism and oppression for ignoble ends.