The power of the written word By Naomi Sternberg Issue of January 15, 2010/ 29 Tevet 5770 Baruch Dayan Ha’emes. I’ve made that bracha [blessing], Blessed is the True Judge, upon … more

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Issue of August 20, 2010/ 10 Elul 5770 By Micah D. Halpern Ten years ago Israel put up a wall, now they are taking it down. The wall was erected to protect the residents of Gilo, a … more

I used to frequently eat at Le Marais after I first moved to Manhattan, and ordering only a steak and fries, I thought of Le Marais as a simple steak joint and wrote it off in my mind. more

Tonight, New Hampshire voters said enough. With months of televised debates and one caucus, voters in the Granite State said they are ready for the primary season to end, the real campaign to begin and they want Mitt Romney to be their candidate. The former governor of Massachusetts did what he needed to, he topped the field and garnered around 37% of the vote, beating Ron Paul the Congressman from somewhere west of Mars who place second with a little less than a quarter of the vote, and Jon Huntsman in third, twenty points behind the leader. more

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner, who brought the legislation awarding Swedish Diplomat Raoul Wallenberg with a Congressional Gold Medal in honor of the centennial of his birth to the floor of the House of Representatives was thanked by the Board of Governors of the Wallenberg Centennial Commission. more

Color War breakout...the yearly opportunity for the camp’s administration to stage an “April Fool’s-like “ joke on all the campers and staff. This year Avi Frier, Director of Camp Mesorah , a coed Orthodox camp in Guilford, New York, took the widely anticipated yearly spoof to a whole new level, Presidential in fact. more

While earning my B.A. at SUNY Albany, I learned that Theatre of the Absurd is a style of Drama, which expresses the belief that human existence is meaningless, and, therefore, all communication breaks down. Logical plot construction and argument gives way to irrational and illogical speech and actions and an ultimate conclusion, which is silence. more

Two Hatzalah ambulances are now being housed on West Broadway and Forest Avenue at what was previously a gas and repair station, thus eliminating any previous zoning or community objections. more

With the overthrow of Mohamed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood government in Egypt, one is almost forced to question whether the global Islamist movement has been dealt a mortal blow. more