In case you are wondering… the overall response to our decision to print same sex announcements in the BALTIMORE JEWISH TIMES last week has been pretty quiet. We’ve gotten a number of very nice letters, emails, and phone calls from supporters. And, as expected, there are some who strongly disagree and voted with their feet and canceled their subscriptions,… read more

Does anyone think this will be a teachable moment? When some Catholic priests were accused of sexual molestation of minors, we initially had denial, denial, denial from them and the Church. We now know that some of those priests sexually assaulted scores of innocent children and, instead of being criminally prosecuted, they were moved from parish to parish under… read more

The USA Today reported on-line today that ESPN has removed fantasy football leagues with anti-Semitic names from its website after a complaint from the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Some of those names included “Jews are Immoral,” “Jews are Terrible” and “Jews love pennies.” “They may have been fantasy leagues but the hate is all too real,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper,… read more

Governor Rick Perry of Texas has entered the GOP presidential field. Just prior to announcing he lead a massive prayer rally where he appealed to Jesus to save America. Later while campaigning in the early battle-ground state of New Hampshire, Perry approached a young boy who had a question about evolution to which the candidate replied: “That’s a theory… read more

If you’re like me, you get flustered when you see and hear anti-Israel rhetoric.  I need to keep being reminded of the facts and history behind the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.  Granted this piece was produced by the Israeli government, I think it’s very factual correct. Take 6 minutes to watch this, and tell me: what are your reactions? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGYxLWUKwWo&feature=player_embedded#at=107 read more

More recognition for former JT Editor, Phil Jacobs. While he’s gotten a lot more ink from out-of-town media except for the great cover story in the Baltimore City Paper, Phil now received a Best in Baltimore kudos from Baltimore Magazine. Phil was chosen as best “Crusading Editor” under its local media section for his work to uncover sexual abuse… read more

Congrats to former colleague and forever friend, Phil Jacobs, for being recognized nationally (now in the Forward) for his “Crusade to Bring Orthodox Sex Abuse to Light.”  http://t.co/C  We new he was making real changes in this world. Glad others now see it. Phil, currently the Editor of the Washington Jewish Week, is off today to San Francisco to… read more

Surging GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has been making a lot of headlines lately, and not all of them positive. She’s gotten some negative publicity for the psychotherapy practice that she owns with her husband for accepting federal dollars. Normally that wouldn’t be an issue, but as a staunch Tea Partier, she says she’s vociferously opposed to… read more

What I loved about John Elway, one of the best quarterbacks of all time, is that he knew when it was time to move on to the next phase of his life. He won back to back Super Bowls, and went on to other endeavors. As opposed to other greats like Michael Jordan and Muhammad Ali who hung on… read more

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, today issued the following statement regarding President Obama’s speeches on the Middle East peace process and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a Joint Session of Congress: During the past few days, President Obama addressed the… read more