* Halie Soifer is the CEO of the Jewish Democratic Council of America.

The bare bones of the story are told in the Bible, but Thomas Mann manages to bring each episode to life, embellishing every ...

May award jurors not forget. And learn to be more wise. He invades what he dislikes. Give him the Nobel prize. Chorus: Petrol ...

David Berman (January 4, 1967 – August 7, 2019) was an American musician, singer-songwriter and poet who founded – and was the only constant member of – the indie rock band Silver Jews with Pavement’s ...

Children noticed the empty seat. Visitors noticed the gap. The rhythm of communal prayer began to feel thinner. One day, the ...

The United States’ surprise capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores early Saturday morning ...

Recently, Thurman was named one of the Top 5 Resilient Women to Watch, alongside luminaries like Brené Brown. This ...

Our trip was scheduled to begin the morning after the horrific shooting in Sydney. After a frantic flurry of texts and emails ...

When a Federal shutdown and cuts to food assistance threatened to push hundreds of thousands of people closer to hunger, ...

Post-colonial governance worked out poorly. The regime of Siad Barre in Mogadishu prosecuted horrific wars against Somaliland and, when Barre was deposed in 1991, Somaliland negated the original ...