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Clyde Haberman amuses in tomorrow's NYT: Today is Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, celebrating the triumph of good, represented by...

This is interesting: In the interest of democracy, Guatemala strives for a sober electorate. Like many Latin American countries, Guatemala b...

Is there a mom on this earth who hasn't yet heard of the studies that suggest that those who were breastfed as infants show measurably h...

In an interesting follow-up to the study that showed that children who don't get enough sleep have higher obesity rates, comes this st...

Today is election day, so as always, I hope everyone gets out there and votes in whichever elections your areas are having (despite what is ...

This story irks me: STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Choosing her religion over her work cost a Rossville woman her job. At least that's what Lo...

At left is the Jewish Star's article covering the Greenbaum lawsuit, which includes an interesting quote by Ms. Greenbaum herself: (clic...

This is a bit disturbing: Outraged Jewish groups are demanding Edward Cardinal Egan speak out against Nazi-glorifying rockers set to take t...

Think your kids are getting enough sleep? I know I did. Think again. NY Magazine writes about some groundbreaking studies being done that t...

And people say our district's school board has problems. From Newsday : Tensions among feuding factions of the Brentwood Board of Educat...

Judge Marcy Friedman has handed down a decision in the Orthomom defamation lawsuit, and it has come back as a complete victory for myself as...

With anti-Semitic hate crimes on the rise in NYC, apparently some of that has spilled over the Eastern border of the city - and right int...

Utterly appalling behavior over in Israel: Five assailants believed to be Ultra-Orthodox Jews assaulted a woman and an Israel Defense Force...

This is a welcome development: The nation's largest school system and its teachers union have agreed on a form of merit pay, which link...

This seem like an odd ruling: A Jewish postal worker made to work on Sabbath because of staff cutbacks lost an appeal claiming his work sch...

In the news : Gov. Eliot Spitzer revealed today his next budget will feature a return to his pitch to give $1,000-per-student income tax ded...

Caught up on some reading today and I finally read the NYT magazine article on Syrian Jews. The article goes into great detail regarding th...

I totally understand that he has done wonders for the cause of saving the earth and I am grateful to him for that. But I still don't und...

As many of my readers know, I have never particularly cared for the woman - or her views, political or otherwise. That said, her latest...

I found this quite interesting to read: Recent studies show that how often couples fight or what they fight about usually doesn’t matter. I...