A Russian immigrant turned Israeli policeman has won the Jewish state's second-highest military honor. Known only by his initial, Y., the commander of the border police undercover unit called Yasam was awarded the Ribbon of Valor on Tuesday for a
Once, before Rudolph Giuliani was the mayor of New York City, Harlem was a closed area, a ghetto. The police did not dare enter the main street, not to mention the alleyways, of the black neighborhood. A white person who
New exhibition in Paris looks at history of Yiddish music and theatre, highlighting central role of East European klezmer music "Klezmer and Klezmorim: A Yiddisher Tam, a Yiddisher Tempo," an exhibit dedicated to 19th- and 20th-century history of East European
A historic excavation has been taking place in an eastern Jerusalem valley for the past six months: the first-ever archaeological examination of the Temple Mount. In November 1999, the Islamic Wakf carried out an illegal construction project on the Temple
Since she made her debut at the age of 12 in the 1994 thriller Leon, Natalie Portman has become one of the hottest young stars around, combining roles in blockbusters (the Star Wars series, Cold Mountain) with such cult favorites
Abraham Rabinovich is a reporter for the Jerusalem Post and a United States Army veteran. He is the author of the new book The Yom Kippur War: The Epic Encounter that Transformed the Middle East. What inspired you to write
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende criticized his country's collaboration with its Nazi occupiers during World War II, shortly before commemorating the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the country's main deportation camp. The prime minister spoke about the issue
Ruth Turek blinked back tears in Belsen concentration camp yesterday and recalled the moment, 60 years ago, that the British Army moved in. "It was funny, just like today and the soldiers seem to come like angels," she said. The
President Émile Lahoud of Lebanon on Friday appointed a pro-Syrian businessman and member of Parliament as prime minister-designate, breaking weeks of deadlock over the formation of a Lebanese government and paving the way for parliamentary elections to be held on
The 9/11 Commission's 'Solution' Won't Fix the Real Intelligence Failures. Richard A. Posner does not simply point to feet of clay. He attacks them with hammer, tongs and clarity of insight when it comes to the dangers of the ragged
