I am standing—uncomfortably close—to one of the few border crossings between Azerbaijan and Iran. It seems that nothing is stopping trade here. A long line of trucks waits patiently for their turn to enter...

After reading what Aleksey Chernobelskiy does for a living, the first thing people might ask themselves is, ‘He doesn’t charge for that? What?’ After a career at a publicly traded real estate company, Aleksey started...

The last time I recall seeing the “Nuremberg Defense” mentioned in the news was back in 1970, when I was in high school. It was in the context of the trial of First Lieutenant William...

The devastating blow struck by Israel against Hezbollah last year has kept the group quiet and licking its wounds. But the assurances that the Lebanese government gave at the time that it would demilitarize...

General Ariel Sharon fought famous battles against Arab armies in the wars of 1956, 1967 and 1973. But when he entered New York City’s Federal District Courthouse in the autumn of 1984, he was...

Over the past decade, there has been an uptick in the desire for more natural products, across many markets, brought about by a combination of scientists’ revelations regarding the dangers lurking behind the chemicals...

It should have been an easy lift for New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. When a horde of anti-Israel protesters harangued Jews attending an event at a Manhattan shul last Wednesday night, shouting, among other...

A 31-year-old Israeli man who languished in a Kurdistan prison faced the ultimate sentence: death. Convicted of murder, his fate seemed sealed—until an extraordinary group of Jewish activists stepped in. Through tireless negotiations and...

Rabbi Yosef Hamra discusses his visit with Syrian President al-Sharaa It was a scene few could have imagined just a few years ago: former Syrian Rabbi Yosef Hamra blessing former rebel commander, now Syrian president,...

If you have walked into a new yeshivah building anywhere in America over the last few years, there’s a good chance you’ve already been inside one of Yudi (Jeff) Akerman’s projects without realizing it....