I have a Jewish daughter in 12th grade, which means one thing: college applications. The fact that she is applying is a given; my husband and I have followed the long-standing Jewish tradition of brainwashing our children into believing that college is nothing more than grades 13 though 16.
\”Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable,\” John F. Kennedy wisely put forth in a 1962 speech. As I write this, the Occupy Wall Street movement is in full swing, and I can\’t help but be reminded of my summer covering the social and economic protests in Israel.
Egypt said on Thursday it was preparing to swap U.S.-Israeli dual national Ilan Grapel, who was detained in June on spying charges, for Egyptian prisoners held in Israel.
Iraqis fretted about the ability of their armed forces to protect them from violence after U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday all U.S. troops would withdraw by the end of the year.
President Barack Obama said on Friday the United States will remove the remainder of its troops from Iraq by the end of the year and that \”after nearly nine years, America\’s war in Iraq will be over.\”
President Barack Obama said on Friday he would pull U.S. troops from Iraq this year, almost nine years after the U.S. invasion, after he failed to convince Iraq that several thousand troops should remain in part as a balance against neighboring Iran.
Imprisoned financial scam artist Bernard Madoff boasted in a jailhouse letter that he is \”quite the celebrity\” and treated \”like a Mafia don,\” ABC News said on Thursday.
