“IS IT GOOD FOR THE JEWS?”was a question I constantly grew up with. Having been raised in an upper middle class Jewish environment whenever a presidential campaign took place the question asked by the Jewish Community was, “Is he good for the Jews?” Never was the question asked, “...
“Donald Trump believes a border deal would hurt his campaign, so he ordered his allies in Congress to kill the deal,” Harris said, vowing to bring the deal back and “sign it into law.” But, she added, “we can create a pathway to citizenship and secure our border.”...
Though Americans head to the polls every four years to choose the president, voters don't actually do so. Instead, each of the 50 states and Washington D.C. are allocated a certain number of electors based on a state's total number of senators and House members in Congress. On election...
Library of Congress 4. The Great Purge In 1936, Stalin initiated "The Great Purge," aiming to rid the Communist Party of some of his biggest detractors and rivals. Hundreds of thousands of people initially were arrested by Stalin's NKVD (the secret police). Many were executed or sent ...
Between 1854 and 1929, as many as 250,000 children from New York and other Eastern cities were sent by train to towns in Midwestern and western states, as well as Canada and Mexico. However, this was mainly a transportation of poor children who had families, and not true...
Government debt is now $34 Trillion, a number that we cannot afford. Debt service is now rising at a rate that it will soon overwhelm the budget, which is why the big fights in Congress. We are rapidly reaching the break point which will show up when the primary dealers find it too ...
In this file image, crowds gather in the central part of the grounds. 1935: Farm boys of the Pecos Valley Arthur Rothstein // Library of Congress 1935: Farm boys of the Pecos Valley In 1947, a U.S. Army Air Forces balloon crashed into a farmer’s field near the Roswell Army Air ...
A quarter of the world’s eight billion people are Muslims. Based on global pro-Hamas demonstrations, it appears that many or most have embraced a religious war against Israel. There are 16 million Jews in the world, nearly half of whom live in Israel. A very large majority rejects the ...
Oswald had connections to such groups as the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and the Socialist Workers Party. When apprehended, he requested an attorney from the Communist Party USA. Today, as we saw in the plot to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, there are many “activists” fr...
Good Wednesday morning! The news that Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), which owns 15% of Israel’s land has ended its ban on buying Palestinian property in the West Bank has catalyzed a passionate debate among American Jews. Axios