History
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You’ve probably heard of the Balfour Declaration of 1917 or the U.N. Partition Plan of 1947. But chances are you haven’t heard of The Treaty of San Remo, created in 1920 which radically transformed the Middle East and sowed the seeds of conflict that reverberate to this very day. A year and half after the […]
Human Interest
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I’ve had occasion to learn a lot about rehab over the past little while, and my brain is on overload. The rehab process, and the journey to sobriety, is a process that must teach us all. My friend, Adrienne Gold, said some of the most amazing people she knows are addicts in recovery. I can […]
Today, one of Israel’s greatest heroes is a middle-aged mother whose son was held hostage in Gaza and accidentally killed by Israeli forces after escaping with two other hostages. Since the death of Yotam, her son, Iris Haim has been spreading a message of love and support that’s buoyed the entire nation. Yotam was one […]
After watching their university become synonymous with anti-Israel protests sweeping universities around the world, a group of Jewish students at Columbia is fighting back. Last week, four undergraduates had enough. The brainchild of Rivka Yellen, a sophomore at Columbia’s Barnard College, she and her friends penned a powerful letter setting out some common-sense statements about […]
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