The White House and NASA reportedly are standing behind NASA\’s administrator for saying that his \”foremost\” mission is to reach out to the Muslim world.
An explosion of smart-phone software has placed an arsenal of trivia at the fingertips of every corner-bar debater, with talking points on sports, politics and how to kill a zombie. Now it is taking on the least trivial topic of all: God.
President Obama said he will not press Israel when it comes to nuclear issues.
What did the Rabbi\’s son share in common with the Preachers daughter?\n\nAnswer: They both kept Shabbat.
Yochanan Asriel stood at the corner of Friedrichstrasse and Franzoesicherstrasse in Berlin last week next to a small, brass plaque newly set into the sidewalk. On it was the name of his father: Davicso Asriel, born 1882, deported Jan. 26, 1942, murdered in Riga.
The FBI has widened its investigation into fraudulent Holocaust-era claims against the German government, The Jewish Week reported.
Joe DiMaggio, Yankee Clipper. Garrett Wittels, Jewish Hitter.
The optics were perfect, but the meaning was elusive.
Edith Shain is considered as the nurse being kissed by a sailor in the iconic photo taken at Times Square on V-J Day (August 14, 1945). Sadly, she passed away recently at the age of 91, and will be missed by millions throughout the world. To most people, she will forever be remembered as the famous nurse in the historic image, for well she should. To me, she will also be remembered as the iconic nurse, but, more importantly, as my first grade teacher at Hancock Park Elementary School, in Los Angeles, back in 1955.
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