Israeli Control of the Jordan Valley Is Good for Jordan
The American plan acknowledges that serving Jerusalem’s security needs also serves those of Amman.
February 3, 2020
As the Case of the Little Sisters of the Poor Returns to the Supreme Court, Jews Have Reason to Worry
A challenge to cooperation between religious groups and government agencies.
In 2015, the Supreme Court heard the case of Little Sisters of the Poor, a group of nuns seeking to receive an accommodation from healthcare regulations that, they argued, impinged on their religious freedom. The Supreme Court issued no definitive ruling, but in 2017 the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agreed to grant the nuns the same exemptions granted to churches—citing the 1993 Religious Freedom Reformation Act (RFRA) as requiring such a decision. But the governments of New Jersey and Pennsylvania then sued HHS on the grounds that only courts, not regulatory bodies, could create such exemptions. The Supreme Court will now hear this case as well. Howard Slugh comments:
February 3, 2020
Rashida Tlaib Unapologetically Revives a Medieval Anti-Semitic Libel
An Arab boy drowns, and Jews are blamed.
A New Foreign-Policy Think Tank Lines Up a Roster of Israel-Haters
George Soros and Charles Koch team up.
As the Case of the Little Sisters of the Poor Returns to the Supreme Court, Jews Have Reason to Worry
A challenge to cooperation between religious groups and government agencies.
The Boston Rabbi Who Blamed Judaism’s Troubles on an Elaborate Jewish Conspiracy
In the words of Gershom Scholem, “Nonsense based on me!”