Two candidates in close races targeted by conventional pro-Israel money for being soft on or critical of Israel went down to defeat, and a stalwart who seem threatened survived. . ..…

While non-Orthodox Jews tend to hold liberal opinions on a range of issues, a minority of Jewish conservatives, especially among Orthodox Jews, has taken to defending gun ownership. . ..…

Nitze made this point crisply: “In view of the fact that we can achieve our objectives with conventional weapons, there is no purpose to be gained through the use of our nuclear arsenal.” . ..…

The conventional wisdom on China within the US had already begun to sour before the 2016 presidential election. ... The conventional wisdom on China within the US had already begun to sour before the 2016 presidential election. ..…

ATHENS, Greece — Greece's left-led government and the country's Orthodox Church have struck tentative deal to end decades of discord over of large tracts of estate both claim as their own.. ..…

The conventional wisdom says that a political party needs to say what it’s . , rather than what it’s . .  ... The lessons for the next 2020 election, which will also elect a new president, are that the Democrats cannot present conventional elitist corporatist candidates and expect to..…

Bartholomew's action is seen known as autocephaly in Orthodox faith, to Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Kiev Patriarchate, heretical split-off that was created in 1992 just after the dissolution of Soviet Union and Ukraine's independence.. ... Russian Orthodox Church is the..…

Except for orthodox Jews and the Stephen Miller types, I cannot see any future for the American Jewish love affair with the Holy State. ..…

American Jews of my ilk – not Orthodox, not Republican, which is to say at least three-quarters of the total – have tended to regard Netanyahu’s blatant tilt away from us as an arithmetic calculation that Israel can snub four or five million liberal and moderate American Jews (whom the prime..…

Undoubtedly, the majority of Greeks espouse Orthodox faith. In democracy however, Orthodox Church cannot have dominant position in public and life. This has been demonstrated in various ways, including clashes over religion courses in schools, the treatment of Orthodox places..…

Outgunned by U.S. allies in the region and with limited access to the international arms market since the revolution, Iran sought to compensate for its sense of encirclement and relative conventional military weakness by building toward self-sufficiency in asymmetric military capabilities and..…

It began at the beginning of the left with Karl Marx, the grandson of two Orthodox rabbis (his parents had undergone pro forma conversion to Christianity). ... Many of those college students are now many of the non-Orthodox rabbis and lay leaders in American Jewish life. ..…

Just it's also being divided between Catholic Church, led by Rome, and Orthodox Church, led by Russia.. ..…

“But the fact is, partly due to American military and intelligence assistance, which my administration has provided at unprecedented levels, Israel can defend itself against any conventional danger – whether from Iran directly or from its proxies.” . ..…

While this goes against conventional wisdom, it appears to be a growing movement known alternatively as Blaxit or Blexit — a movement to persuade black voters to “exit” the Democratic Party and vote Republican, or at least consider that possibility. . ..…

Behind him, the young sailor Paul Meilhat onboard SMA is sailing incredibly well to remain in second place on what is likely the fleet’s quickest boat to be fitted with conventional straight daggerboards. ..…

Senior members of Greek Orthodox Church expressed their opposition to the historic agreement between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Ieronymos to remove some 10,000 priests and auxiliary staff from the state payroll.. ..…