Jerusalemites are a conservative bunch. The now popular Knesset building was disliked for a decade following its 1966 inauguration, and the jury is still out

Last June, the popular Saudi Arabian daily Al-Watan had something positive to say about its regional neighbor. Columnist Fawaz al-’Ilmi told readers that “the only registry in

Generals know that an army marches on its stomach, and pre- (and even post-) feminists frequently route their way to a man’s heart through his

In Alabama 100 years ago, midwives wrapped a laboring woman in her husband’s shirt and cap, so his energy could help her with the birth.

As her chest tightened and her surroundings segued into slow motion, Yelena knew what was coming. Unable to help herself, her head jerked sharply left.

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I recently spent two nights with my sister and her husband, Joshua Cahan, at a private beach house on the Pacific. The trip was a

The story begins with a 16-year-old boy who first hears of a cutting-edge technology on television and grows up to not only operate the machine