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Months ago, when former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg said he wouldn’t run for president, a palpable feeling of relief flooded the global newsrooms that bear his name. “The…
Artificial intelligence is catching up with human intelligence in the field of medicine, and in some respects has already passed it. That’s the message on the screen from recent studies…
Impeachment proceedings have overshadowed another riveting drama half a world away: ongoing pro-democracy protests in this iconic city. Peaceful marches of millions of Hong Kong citizens have given way to…
The news of the horrific assault on a Rebbi in Monsey last week shocked us all. As he walked to shul in the early morning, he was set upon in…
“Sarah’s lifetime was one hundred years, and twenty years, and seven years, the years of Sarah’s life.” Rashi teaches us that the reason the word “years” is repeated after “hundred”…
The United Nations’ recent report that 200,000 Syrians have been displaced as a result of the Turkish-led military operation in the country’s northeast highlighted what many of us already knew:…
Did you ever hear of the Sixteen Thirty Fund? If the answer is no, you’re not alone; most people haven’t. But they should, and now they will. The Sixteen Thirty…
Pick up a newspaper or flip on the evening news, and the odds are high that you’ll soon find yourself caught up in the breathless story about the identity of…
Each time she enters the house, the worried mother checks the ID on her home telephone. To her dismay, none of the missed calls are from the parties she is…
The latest expression of European anti-Semitism comes in the form of a ruling ordering the continent’s retailers to label foodstuffs originating in Yehudah and Shomron as “settlement” products. Such labeling…
Back in 2002, a Jewish plot was uncovered by an intrepid investigator and publicly revealed on something called the “Aztlan Communications Network,” the teratoid brainchild of one “Ernesto Cienfuegos,” a…
An old joke tells of the American and the Israeli discussing the advantages of their respective countries. The American says, “We have flour-less flour, oil-less oil, and meatless meat!” The…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has discovered President Donald Trump’s impeachable offense. It’s bribery. When he was trying to get Ukrainians to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden for…
The classic reaction to the sight of two parties in conflict, neither of whom is to your liking, is, “Let them fight it out, no matter who wins, and let…
Who could have guessed? Unilaterally banning a product that millions of adults use isn’t exactly an easy task. As The Washington Post reported Thursday, the Trump administration appears to be…
Last Wednesday, Attorney General William Barr announced a new Justice Department initiative aiming to better enforce gun background checks, coordinate local, state and federal gun cases and ensure the updating…
On Tuesday, the Federalist ran an article by Jim Hanson titled “Alex Vindman Is Living, Breathing Proof That The Deep State Exists, And It Is Corrupt.” The Federalist is a…
Few things in life are as frustrating and disappointing as when concerted efforts appear to be for naught. A frenetically busy mother of young children devotes weeks to trying, l’shem…
This week I was deprived of the right to participate in Hong Kong’s political system. On Tuesday, Hong Kong authorities barred me from running in local elections for district council.…
With every new terrorist attack, and all the more so with every new rocket barrage from Gaza, comes the simultaneous grappling with the media and its bias against Israel. Relatively…