The closest I got to Woodstock was marrying a woman who had a ticket to the 1969 three day festival but chose not to attend....

Can “it” happen here? The “it” is what haunts Jews across America. Could anti-Semitism, always present in the dark corners of ...

Most of my relatives on my father’s side killed by Nazis and their collaborator thugs never made it to a concentration or exterminatio...

It took more than two weeks, but The New York Times finally published my letter to the editor, online Sunday and in Monday’s prin...

Trump is right. As he tweeted Thursday morning, some of our history and culture is being ripped apart. As well it should be.   We shou...

Here’s what I know about Łódź (Lodz). My maternal grandparents were married in that Polish city at the beginning of the 20th century. ...

Donald Trump landed in Poland Wednesday but he was not the only bombastic Republican to make news in that country. As you might have heard...

Have you ever read anything that scared you into immediate action? I hadn’t intended to post anything today, that is, until I read a revie...

Vladimir Putin is in the news for what he might have done and said. The stupid and embarrassing Democratic National Committee email scanda...

How ironic! Budapest is serving as the transit point for Middle Eastern refugees fleeing conflicts in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya ...

Went to see Exodus: Gods and Kings Tuesday. This much I can tell you. Ridley Scott is no Bible thumper. He has created an aspiritual movi...

Spoiler alert—for those who might not have watched the latest episode of Homeland , there’s a scene wherein CIA black-ops agent Peter Quin...

They picked up our garbage today as they normally do on Tuesdays. Last Tuesday they didn’t. It was Election Day. An homage to the right we...

You might be wondering why I have mostly refrained from commenting on the conflict in the Gaza Strip, restricting my posts to first-hand a...

I go on Facebook sporadically, mostly to inform when I’ve posted a new blog entry. On those occasions I scroll down to see if any friends ...