Would You Hide a Jew From the Nazis? (In 1940, refugees fled Paris in anticipation of the German invasion. Credit FPG/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images). WHEN representatives from the United States and other countries gathered in Evian, France, in 1938...
Lire la suiteIt is standard information in all the big Dictionaries and Encyclopedias that Judaism, based on its Scriptures, believed God to be a single Person, a single undifferentiated Self. That is what I and many others call unitary monotheism or uni-personal...
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The Shady History of Big Sugar. Credit Matt Chase Charlottesville, Va. — On Monday, an article in JAMA Internal Medicine reported that in the 1960s, the sugar industry paid Harvard scientists to publish a study blaming fat and cholesterol for coronary...
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Two years ago when half saree made a revival, we were more than happy to have this elegant and peppy ensemble make a come-back. And now, it’s half sarees everywhere! Celebs and the rest of the folk are wearing nothing but half sarees for festivals, functions...
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Lessons from Finland: helping homeless people starts with giving them homes. Sounds simple but Finland’s housing first model shows it’s always more cost-effective to try to end homelessness rather than manage it ‘It should go without saying that you can’t...
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