Opinion: Not human enough to live

By Rabbi Yonah Bookstein
Published on November 22, 2011

The facts are horrific. Video captures the brutal attack on the side of a busy street. Onlookers and passers-by don’t come to the victim’s aid. Eventually, the bruised, bleeding half-dead body is attended to by medical personnel, but it is too late. The victim dies.

Q&A: Youssefyeh sheds light on Namvar criminal and bankruptcy cases

By Karmel Melamed
Published on May 24, 2011

Criminal investigation won’t be opened into Carmel fire

Published on December 27, 2010

Israel's attorney general will not open a criminal investigation into the Carmel fire.

Ehud Olmert should be indicted, Israeli police tell prosecutors

Published on September 8, 2008

Ehud Olmert should be indicted on corruption charges, Israel police recommended Sunday. Bribery is the most serious of the charges that police recommended against the prime minister to Attorney General Menachem Mazuz. Others include fraud, breach of trust and money laundering.

Defying Nazis?  Sure!  It’s all in a days work

By Tom Tugend
Published on September 28, 2006

Of the books written on German militarism, "The Captain From Koepenick," by German playwright Carl Zuckmayer, is one of the great all-time satires.

Black Sheep

By Ron Arons
Published on October 14, 2004

During my genealogy research I was surprised to learn that my great-grandfather was a real scoundrel. While it's impossible to know what was happening inside of his head, I've found clues that give me a better understanding of who he was.

Follies

By Rob Eshman
Published on December 20, 2001

In the solar system of Jewish life, Irv Rubin is Pluto.

Nazi in the Catskills

Published on December 9, 1999

Ellenville, N.Y., is a little village in the Catskills, population 4,200, located 90 miles northwest of New York City. It's the heart of what used to be the Borscht Belt, before Jews discovered Aspen and Antigua.