Giuliani Gives Anti-Semitism Conference An Earful

Posted on: July 26th, 2003

President Bush's choice of Rudy Giuliani to head the United States delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's first-ever conference on anti-Semitism was an inspired one.

Disappointing Political Machinations

Posted on: July 26th, 2003

We are disappointed to report that because of the last minute intransigence of New York's Governor George Pataki, the state Senate failed to pass the two bills important to the Jewishcommunity which we wrote about last week, and which had been passed earlier by the Assembly.

‘Oslo-itis’

Posted on: July 26th, 2003

As the Jewish Press went to press on Tuesday night, there were numerous news reports both from Israeli and Arab sources that a cease-fire in attacks on Israel would be announced byHamas and the other terrorist groups within the next several days.

Gidone Busch Redux

Posted on: July 18th, 2003

We welcome the call of US Congressman Jerrold Nadler for a new federal probe into the circumstances of the death of Gidone Busch at the hands of 6 police officers several years ago.

Proposed Legislation On Kosher Food, And Computer Hardware For Yeshivas

Posted on: July 18th, 2003

As we report on page 3, New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and New York State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer have teamed up to produce legislation that protects kosher consumers by requiring those selling food as kosher, to disclose the basis for that representation.

A “Ceasefire” In Context

Posted on: July 18th, 2003

 Let me ask you, do you remember when the girls would come home from school and cry because they said their green gym uniforms were ugly and made them look fat?

Same Old Stuff?

Posted on: July 11th, 2003

By any standard, the moment of truth for the "road map" has arrived.

The Times Just Doesn't Give Up

Posted on: July 11th, 2003

On its front page Sunday, The New York Times carried a box headlined, "Some Expect Hamas To Resume Talking," with the following text:

From The Jayson Blair School Of Journalism

Posted on: July 11th, 2003

With the Jayson Blair scandal occupying center stage for weeks and the resignations of two top honchos at the New York Times over Blair's admitted manufacturing of the news and plagiarism, one would have thought that the journalistic world would stay away from anything that would remind readers of the affair.

Slippery Slope To Oslo

Posted on: July 4th, 2003

As the "road map" process inches forward, there are eerie reminders of the failures of the Oslo "peace process."

Double Standard?

Posted on: July 4th, 2003

Some time ago, a veteran, prominently Orthodox Jewish, New York State civil servant was alleged to have misused the reimbursement process in connection with living expenses for his Albany stays.

Newsday And Abuse In The Jewish Community

Posted on: July 4th, 2003

As we noted several weeks ago, despite the continuing coverage of claims of abuse in our yeshivas, attesting to the significance we attach to the problem, we nonetheless expressed our serious reservations about how the issue was treated in The Jewish Week.

Operation Iraqi Freedom And Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Posted on: July 4th, 2003

It seems de rigueur these days to claim that President Bush prevaricated when he took us to war against Iraq.

Pamela S. Brier New Head Of Maimonides Medical Center

Posted on: June 27th, 2003

We congratulate Pamela S. Brier on her new assignment as President and Chief Executive Officer of Brooklyn's Maimonides Medical Center.

The Lemrick Nelson Verdict

Posted on: June 27th, 2003

As it now appears, the jury did not hold Lemrick Nelson responsible for the death of Yankel Rosenbaum, even though they convicted Nelson of stabbing him, because "everybody knew" that the Rosenbaum family has filed a lawsuit against the hospital, claiming he died because of inadequate post-stabbing care.

Abu Mazen Now On Notice

Posted on: June 27th, 2003

Even as the so-called road map is now formally upon us, it is hardly necessary for The Jewish Press to once again go on record in opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Rav Tuvia Goldstein, zt”l

Posted on: June 20th, 2003

The Jewish Press joins Klal Yisroel in mourning the passing of Rav Tuvia Goldstein, zt"l, long one of the most senior and respected Torah personalities on the world scene and revered as the Z'kan (dean) HaRoshei Yeshivos in America.

Is Taxpayer Support For Religious Schools Constitutionally Required?

Posted on: June 20th, 2003

In its last term, the United States Supreme Court narrowly upheld the constitutionality of publicly financed tuition vouchers for parochial school education. In effect the court said that if a public authority decided to include parochial schools in a program of general application, theFirst Amendment's requirement of separation between church and state did not prohibit it.

The Times Is Still At It

Posted on: June 20th, 2003

In its May 14 and May 18 editions, The New York Times demonstrated that its pro-Arab/anti-Israel bias continues to drive its treatment of the Middle East.

Terror Still The Palestinian Weapon Of Choice

Posted on: June 20th, 2003

The brazenness of Abu Mazen is startling. He will not, he is widely reported to have said, doanything to stop Hamas and the other terrorist groups unless Israel accepts the "road map" - with its requirement of an immediate cessation of Israeli anti-terror activity in the West Bank and Gaza - as is and begins to implement its provisions.