The Temple Beth El, in Williamsburg, was recently once again a forum for a Sunday lecture. This time it was Dr. Joel Levine, who spent 41 years at NASA as Senior Research Scientist in the Science Directorate at NASA Langley Research Center and as Mars Scout Program Scientist at NASA ...
What happened last month at the Tupper Lake Pine Mill is something that is taking place across New York and much of our nation. Last month, officials from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided the location and detained nine employees. This week, a company spokeswoman indicated ...
To the editor: As far back as the 5th century BC, Plato decried demagogues who propagate disinformation about a target group in order to stir up public fear of them and then present themselves as protectors of the public from their fabricated danger. President Donald Trump’s ...
Are you a fan of the TV series “Game of Thrones?” It is one of many spin-offs of the card game “Clue,” based on a parlor Game, Murder, patented by the British musician Anthony Pratt in 1944. The game’s premise is that a blackmailer invites six people, each with a dark secret, to his ...
I’ve been told my Grandpa Allen’s father, John, was a dirt farmer in the Detroit area, and that he worked as a teamster. A teamster lower case, not a member of the Teamsters Union. John Allen carted things around for people, and I suspect that the vehicle he used was a mule-drawn wagon, ...
Please read this with an open mind. Regardless of political beliefs, this issue affects us all. Especially our children and grandchildren. The U.S. national debt has surpassed $37 trillion and continues to rise. As Americans, we must decide: do we continue this unsustainable path or take ...