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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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We take it for granted that the way to address the evil of anti-Semitism is to fight it. It’s a natural part of our vocabulary....
Ask children, “When is the best day of the year?” and they may respond excitedly, “The last day of school.” Ask mothers the same question,...
One day, my then-4-year-old daughter asked me, “Daddy, why are you always at home with us?” For 2 1/2 years, I had the most amazing...
Dear Linda Sarsour, This is an appeal to you on behalf of the Jewish community for you to stop speaking for us, about us or...
I have to admit, it’s a clever ruse. Donning all black, claiming a lineage to anti-fascist groups in Germany and Italy, stating that your aim...
I’m an only child so I was the whole ball of wax. In many ways, I was my parents’ life. My parents tried to have...
A new report by a Tel Aviv-based strategy and leadership group outlines how intersectionality is posing a threat to the organized American Jewish community. Published...
Last week I was in Poland for five days to participate in events marking the rebirth of Jewish life — not death — in Krakow....
I have read much about the Peace to Prosperity Workshop in Bahrain, and the economic plan that Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump,...
A celebrity chef who shuns celebrity, Yoram Nitzan has been a reluctant icon of Tel Aviv’s culinary scene for decades. His ruddy, youthful face and...
Ethiopian Israelis, first, second and third generation, stormed the streets in protest for almost two weeks. Some of the protests often included the blocking of...
Editor's Note: This week's cover story was written in two parts and shares two perspectives on the topic of Donald Trump's presidency. To read the other perspective...
Editor's Note: This week's cover story was written in two parts and shares two perspectives on the topic of Donald Trump's presidency. To read the other perspective...
I wring my hands, I cannot clap The play on stage so drab and dark Between the plot points yawning gap Strangled scenes that rarely...
One verse, five voices. Edited by Salvador Litvak, Accidental Talmudist The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not have faith in Me...
I can hardly think of anything more gratifying or life-affirming than picking summer fruits in an orchard and then going home to make pies out...
After nearly two decades working on the business affairs side of the entertainment industry, Delbert Whetter, 48, is finally working toward producing his first film....
Last December, IKAR became the first Jewish community organization to participate in Safe Parking LA (SPLA), a nonprofit initiative that provides those living in their...
Chef, wife and mother of three Yael Friedman worked long hours at some of Los Angeles’ top high-end restaurants including Thomas Keller’s Bouchon in Beverly...
While you might expect hell, demons and ritual exorcism from a Halloween film festival, theatre dybbuk’s new show in Los Feliz, titled “hell prepared: a...
Los Angeles kosher chefs put their skills to the test at a cooking competition called “Skill’it,” which aired online at kosher.com on July 4. The...
A photographer doesn’t always seek out the subject of his next project. Sometimes it finds him. Fashion and celebrity photographer Davis Factor was exhibiting a...
What do Jews talk about when they talk about “the left”? One especially courageous and illuminating answer is proposed by Susie Linfield in “The Lion’s...
David F. Bock died May 31 at 90. Survived by wife Marilyn; daughter Trish; son Stephen (Andria); 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai Arline Burman died May...
Before I had Lasik surgery, I used to buy new glasses every year and save all my old pairs “just in case.” Rather than having...
Sarah Elharrar and Chaya Israily, both 27, always have been interested in fashion. The Los Angeles friends grew up in the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and worked...
The Jewish National Fund (JNF) held a screening of “The Samuel Project” on June 23 at the Laemmle Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills....
FRI JULY 12 Na’or: Enlightened Shabbat Conservative congregation Mishkon Tephilo holds “Na’or: An Enlightened Shabbat on the Beach,” featuring a BYO picnic dinner and musical...
Asked what it was like to grow up with Rabbi Tzemach Yehoshua Cunin, who died suddenly on July 5, his brother Rabbi Chaim Cunin told...
