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Here’s what frightens me about Halloween: It is not the ghosts, witches and psychics but the fact that people believe in them. My leeriness about celebrating Halloween has absolutely nothing to do with religion, safety, health or the sexualization of young girls, although those may be valid concerns. My reason …

The sights, sounds and scents of Jerusalem are kaleidoscopic and ever changing. When I first arrived in Israel in 2006, I realized that it would take a lifetime to see and appreciate the endless array of cityscapes, holy sites, museums, gardens, archeological digs and – most wonderful of all – …

The Syrian problem threatens the very core of the Obama doctrine. Bashing President Bush for doing an end run around the U.N. Security Council over Iraq was Obama’s nom de guerre. With Russia’s leaders making it clear that they are not going to approve a Council resolution authorizing the use …