“I was ready for just about anything when I came to an Eric Adams party, but a Chassidic guy singing Billy Joel was not one of them.” So quipped Councilman Lincoln Restler, drawing the … more

Many consider Shavuot to be the best holiday on the Jewish calendar: Not only does the festival come without prohibitions, but one way of celebrating it is by eating cheesecake! In Israel, the … more

The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia features an inscription from Leviticus: “Proclaim liberty throughout all the land and unto all the inhabitants thereof.” Passover highlights physical … more

Desktop robots developed by an Israeli startup are to become care companions for 800 seniors in New York. ElliQ, who takes her name from the Norse goddess of old age, actively initiates … more

Israel alone must make decisions that are fateful to its future, and it can start with reaching clarity about its eastern border, former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman told the second Israeli … more

The Ukrainian government’s recent indictment of eight Russian soldiers and mercenaries included descriptions of war crimes committed near Kyiv: “Terrorizing, torturing and killing … more

It was a typical one-hour flight from Edinburgh to Shetland; tea and biscuits (cookies) were served by a smiling tartan-clad stewardess. My heart flipped as the little Saab plane bumped over the … more

When “empress of terror” Fusako Shigenobu was released from Tokyo’s Hachioji prison on Saturday, Palestinian groups hailed her as a heroine and bemoaned what they called her … more

Much has been written about the social justice wars being fought in the halls of academia — university classics programs targeted as foci of white supremacy to be dismantled; professors … more

The news that President Joe Biden has decided not to remove Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations … more