A Star Trek episode from nearly 60 years ago centered on a romantic relationship between a crew member of the USS Enterprise and a field of energy that, today, would be defined as artificial intelligence. If Hadassah Fidler’s observations...
Alan Rosenbaum’s article (“The blast that still echoes: The King David Hotel bombing, 80 years on,” July 24) is an important reminder of events that continue to influence current attitudes regarding the issues of Zionism and the history of...
Elul 1, 2448 (1312 BCE): Moses ascended Mount Sinai for the third time and remained there for 40 days, during which time he obtained God’s wholehearted forgiveness for the people of Israel. He then came down on the 10th of Tishrei (Yom Kippur)...
As the Roman legions advanced on Jerusalem nearly 2,000 years ago, the city they were preparing to conquer was already at war with itself. The Jews inside the walls were killing one another, and rival factions fought for control of the city as...
The view was appalling. Had we boarded back then a small airplane at the airstrip by today’s Kibbutz Mahanayim and flown toward the Jordan River’s springs between the Naphtali Mountains and the Golan Heights, we would have seen an endless convoy...
