Our home has three TVs. For those under 22, three flat screens. In the last century, where I hail from, we had a TV set. It wasn't a set like a set of silverware; it was just one TV, but people called it a set. And to watch this set, which was just one, y... See more
With notable exceptions like Jimmy Carter, Herbert Hoover and William Howard Taft (and Donald Trump), former U.S. presidents tend to stay away from controversy. They make policy pronouncements that largely track with their work in office without overtly c... See more
On Oct. 13, Barack Obama collected an honorary doctorate from Queen's University Belfast. That evening, at the city's O2 arena, he gave his audience a short 'history' of Israel. Jews, he said, had been persecuted for millennia and understandably sought re... See more
Ah, the terrorist ties that bind. Poor Abdul El-Sayed, whose grip on becoming a U.S. senator from Michigan is slipping away. Despite all those massive headwinds of electoral goodwill he at first generated, it looks like he might lose after all. There were... See more
In early September, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) announced that Americans for Ben-Gurion University (A4BGU) has appointed nationally recognized Jewish philanthropic executive Melissa B. Greenbergas its new chief executive officer. Now, Greenbe... See more
