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As the Democratic race for the 2020 presidential nomination gets underway, the contenders are trying to determine how to best distinguish themselves. So far, the only unifying theme among all…
Betrayal is a very harsh term to use in any context. How much more so when it is used to describe the treatment of a government towards its own bona-fide…
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu did the right thing last week in terminating the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH). There is no reason for Israel to…
Spend more than a few minutes in the word business — I’ve spent going on 30 years in it, as a proofreader, copy editor, publishing-house copy chief and, recently, the…
In a rather surprising development, the causes and ramifications of the ongoing crisis in Venezuela are now at the forefront of the American political discourse. While the effects of the…
For the first 15 years after the Clinton administration shepherded China’s accession to the World Trade Organization, China consistently flouted its obligations to uphold even the most basic tenets of…
There are a number of ways people may react to an appeal for tzedakah. Some perceive a request to give tzedakah as a threat to their own financial well-being. To…
With his ratings down and state funds needed to hedge against new Western sanctions and raise living standards, Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot afford to get sucked into a costly…
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Donald Trump identified the chief domestic danger we face, alongside immigrants who come here to murder us all: socialism. Here’s the…
After two years of some of the most ferocious partisan politics the country has known, and against the backdrop of a still-unresolved federal shutdown, President Donald Trump made an eloquent…
Yechezkel Mezzo, z”l, grew up in a Hungarian village that was so poor that the townspeople could only afford to hire a melamed for six months a year. “Half a…
David Bar Kapara, Hy”d, was in his vineyard in June 2015, learning from a sefer, when he was attacked and brutally murdered by two of his Arab workers. The police…
“Not as cold as Siberia.” That’s what my father, a”h, would say with a laugh if I complained over the phone about the frigid weather in Providence, where my family…
“Vehinei Hashem nitzav alav…” The chassidic choir sings the Zutchke niggun that has become a Chassidic hit, “Umelo kol ha’aretz kevodo.” The song was composed by Harav Asher Yeshayah Rosenbaum,…
News that the Forward print edition will soon be part of the dustbin of history should come as no surprise. Their weekly English-language edition is going the way of the…
Self assessment of health, child obesity, smoking, and cancer. In every single one of those health-measuring categories, the city that scored better than any other city in the country, according…
The exceptionally low unemployment rate is good news for American workers. But it contributes to a growing problem: Companies can’t find enough employees. This puts downward pressure on corporate and…
The United States and Russia — still possessing by far the biggest arsenals of mass destruction — are both threatening to tear up the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty. Both…
It has become an accepted notion in many circles: The middle class is shrinking, while the rich are reaping the bulk of the spoils in a growing economy. As proof,…
Freshmen Representatives Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan may have unwittingly done the Democratic Party a favor. The election of the two women, who both support the…