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If the British parliament throws out the deal that Prime Minister Theresa May’s government has negotiated with the European Union, it will be most regretted in Brussels, because the deal…
With each new day bringing its own set of challenges, many of us wonder: why me? Often one looks around and gets the impression that others are having an easier…
When I was a young reporter on the city desk of the Miami Herald, I dreamed of catching an assignment that would send me racing to the airport and jumping…
A new study published on Tuesday tells of a remarkable health initiative: a kiosk-based program for learning hands-only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). The study, sponsored by the American Heart Association and…
On November 11, 1918, the Associated Press sent out a news story that was headlined in bold letters “The War Is Over.” The greatest war in history ended Monday morning…
If nominated to be secretary of state, I could probably make the whole world love us, solve the Israel-Palestinian issue, diplomatically vanquish North Korea, get Crimea back from the Russians…
If only people today knew what a telegram was, the old joke about the typical Jewish one reading “Start worrying. Details to follow” would be apropos, at least to the…
They were two brothers, Gerrer Chassidim, Leibel and Mendel. They lived in peace in Pabianicz, and later in Zduńska Wola. When the Holocaust broke out, they crowded into the city’s…
On the eve of the midterm elections, one of the greatest threats to the democratic process was thought to be interference from Russia. Last July’s indictment by special counsel Robert…
In a surprise twist, Amazon seems poised to choose two cities — New York and Washington, D.C. — instead of one for its new headquarters. Both offer skilled workforces, but…
Last month, I traveled to Vienna, the former seat of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and a fitting place to contemplate the approaching 100th anniversary of the conclusion of World War I.…
In 1939, a German ocean liner, the MS St. Louis, set off on a voyage in which her captain, Gustav Schröder, posthumously honored by Yad Vashem, tried to find homes…
It is now more than a month since the murder of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi — and I am starting to have an appalling suspicion. I don’t have any…
Why is it that Yitzchak Avinu, the paradigm of avodas Hashem, originally saw fit to give the brachos to Esav, who, as Chazal teach us, was engaging in constant acts…
If going to vote this year was a rather disheartening experience, my subsequent conversation with other voters was even more disturbing. I am not referring to the actual results in…
Eight decades have now passed since the infamous night known as “Kristallnacht.” A more apt description would be “Reich’s pogrom night,” when a wave of Nazi-orchestrated, preplanned, deadly riots took…
“Notorious anti-gunner George Soros joins anti-gun billionaires Steyer and Bloomberg. There is no end to how much they’ll pay to push their elitist agenda on Americans.” Thus tweeted the National…
During the elections of 1981, Beit Shemesh made headlines, and not in a complimentary way. Inflation was raging and there was a freeze on the diplomatic front, but the agenda…
In advance of this year’s Veterans Day, on Nov. 11, the legions of men and women who have served in our nation’s military received some welcoming news: Congress finally agreed…
In the days since a Jew-hating gunman killed eleven precious members of Klal Yisroel in Pittsburgh, there have been many expressions of shock, outrage and, above all, mourning. It was…