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"As Europe moved toward war in the summer of 1914, two battleships were being built for the Ottoman Empire in British shipyards. Worried about signs of an Ottoman-German alliance, Winston Churchill, then first lord of the admiralty, seized the..."
"For most of this year, Joe Biden has strutted across stages in New Hampshire and Iowa, and at swanky fundraisers in New York and California, as if he were already the Democratic nominee. Questions about attacks from his rivals were, more often..."
"A vast city that may have had as many as 1,500 to 3,000 inhabitants in its heyday 9,000 years ago was part of a sprawling Neolithic network of barter. Fresh findings in the mega site at Motza, the Jerusalem foothills, include an obsidian blade..."
"Befitting Stranger Things’ loving ode to the ’80s, the golden age of merchandising, there sure is a lot of Stranger Things crap for sale. Need a copy of Hopper’s Magnum P.I.–inspired Hawaiian shirt for your own date night? Provided you’re not...."
"Big Government lobbyists and entrenched bureaucrats are predictably hysterical about a common-sense congressional push to improve transparency and accountability about wasteful taxpayer-funded monkey experiments. They’re worried that once..."
"The economic summit in Bahrain organized by the Trump administration last month was the latest example of how Israel’s hi-tech industry created new diplomatic opportunities for a country with no apparent natural resources. While Israel had no..."
"The early ‘90s, famously, saw the “End of History,” as it was dubbed by the right-Hegelian political theorist Francis Fukuyama. With the collapse of the Soviet Union and thus the ostensibly final victory of capitalism and liberal democracy..."
"“Almost all books of aphorisms, which have ever acquired a reputation, have retained it,” John Stuart Mill wrote in 1837, aphoristically—that is to say, with a neat if slightly dubious finality. (“How wofully the reverse is the case with systems..."
"While we can easily misjudge, misunderstand, or even avoid a pregnant individual’s experience of miscarriage, we can also forget that the loss of a pregnancy may impact a wide range of other people too. There’s usually one other person..."
"I have never tried psychedelic drugs, but I imagine the experience is a lot like drinking a Starbucks Frappuccino. Strange sensations, unnatural colors, increased heart rate, heightened emotions, paranoia: It’s all there in that plastic cup..."
"Fifty years ago this week, more than a million Americans drove, flew and even boated to Florida’s Cape Canaveral to witness the launch of Apollo 11, which would culminate four days later on July 20, 1969, with America’s victory over the Soviet..."
"The incidents now pass without much notice, a steady, familiar drumbeat of violence and hate targeting visibly Jewish people in New York City. Early on the morning of June 15, a Saturday, two men in a white Infiniti drove around Borough Park..."
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All the Democratic presidential candidates made clear in their recent debates that, if elected, they would pay greater attention to the weak and vulnerable of...
The following is a work of satire. None of the people or incidents are real. At 8:19 p.m. on Friday, July 5, a magnitude 7.1...
Last week, my husband and I were invited to join friends for the Fourth of July concert at the Hollywood Bowl. We were excited to...
There is no better way to understand the ideological currents of the times than to see who hates the Jewish people and the reasons why....
What is it about grandparents that melts our hearts? Is it simply that they love us so unconditionally, without strings? After all, we can quarrel...
Such is the hyperpolarized state of American politics that even pedophilia has become a partisan issue. Democrats and Republicans are united in their condemnation of...
Do you believe in heaven? If you have read certain books by Mitch Albom (“The Five People You Meet in Heaven” or “The First Phone...
July 4 marked the 43rd anniversary of Israel’s famed Operation Entebbe. Most Israelis know the names of two of the Israeli soldiers involved in the...
In recent issues of this publication, several op-eds have debated whether it is appropriate to call migrant detention centers “concentration camps.” There’s no doubt the...
I usually don’t print in this space what has been published in Hebrew for Israeli readers. But this week, I am making an exception. This...
The 16 seniors profiled in these pages are inspiring examples of how to stay active and engaged as we age. When putting this issue together,...
At playoff games, I almost kiss the guy in G-14, conjoined in Final Fever, we rise together for each full court press, toes clenched as...
One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, Accidental Talmudist How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling places, O Israel! - Kylie Ora Lobell...
Power outages have been part of my everyday life in Uganda for more than a decade, and they’ve trained me to set my watch to...
When Rabbi Ben Goldstein was hired as the new senior rabbi at Beit T’Shuvah, beginning July 1, an acquaintance said to him: “‘You’re going to...
After surviving a hit-and-run accident a year ago, Los Angeles life coach Sherri Ziff is now a devoted advocate for road and pedestrian safety. “I...
Renowned Jewish comedienne Sarah Silverman was among a long line of A-list comedians who performed at the Anti-Defamation League’s NextGen young professionals’ “Stand-Up Against Hate”...
As an actress, Michelle Azar Aaron has starred as Stella in the 2009 La Mirada Theatre production of “Lost in Yonkers”; as Melinda in the...
Jewish jazz and pop singer-songwriter Jesse Palter has just released her debut jazz-folk-pop album, “Paper Trail.” The singer, who admits to being “30-something,” said the...
When Mike Wallace, the original and chief interrogator of CBS-TV’s “60 Minutes,” had finished giving the treatment to Joseph Coors in a 1982 interview, the...
Much has been spoken and written in recent years about the prospect of a military strike to eliminate Iran’s nuclear capability, whether by the United...
Charles Levin, an actor best known for his role as the mohel in the 1993 “Seinfeld” episode “The Bris,” has died. He was 70. Levin...
Rosalie Behar died June 16 at 87. Survived by daughters Rachel (Andy) Sees, Rebecca (Michael) Johnson, Anna (Brian) Russell. Malinow and Silverman Charles Bercy died...
Leila Leah Bronner, a Jewish history and Bible scholar died in Los Angeles on July 2. She was 89. Bronner was a community leader and...
OK, I admit it. I’m a bit of a clotheshorse. And when you buy a lot of clothes, you get a lot of tags that...
Since 1991, the nonprofit Bay Area Jewish Healing Center has been providing spiritual care to a diverse Jewish community. Rabbi Eric Weiss, who in a...
The Israeli American Council (IAC) Arts and Entertainment Network, a new group of Israeli and Jewish Americans who work in the film industry, held a July...
FRI JULY 19 Campfire Shabbat Calling all families to Kol Tikvah’s friendly, summertime service, which includes roasting s’mores over the flames. After services, everyone adjourns...
