Op-Ed: Reflections on a Recent Trip to Israel and the Future of the Middle East I recently traveled to Israel as a member of the Bronx delegation of Congressman Ritchie Torres (NY-15), sponsored and masterfully organized by the United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York (UJA). 05/4/2024 - 8:56 pm | View Link
This 100-year-old Jewish activist is speaking up again — this time about Gaza Rabin and his wife Helen live 20 miles away in Marshfield, Vermont, population 1,583, where they raised two daughters in a house they helped build. Pioneers in Vermont’s bread-baking renaissance, the ... 05/4/2024 - 3:30 pm | View Link
Op-Ed: An angled step forward, maybe — Israel to share oversight of Gaza with Arab states and US? If Israel shares oversight with other parties, the now totally impossible gap between the Palestinians and Israel can be at least theoretically bridged. The proposal is to share the role with Saudi ... 05/3/2024 - 8:04 pm | View Link
Local faculty and staff divided over Gaza protests, administrators’ handling of encampments As pro-Palestinian protests continue to roil Boston-area colleges, some professors and staff are supporting protesters — and others backing the administration. 05/3/2024 - 11:06 am | View Link
Mehdi Hasan on Leaving MSNBC: ‘A Lot of People Seem to Have Come With Me' Mehdi Hasan discusses his new outlet, making impact as a progressive journalist, and where the media has failed ... 05/3/2024 - 4:51 am | View Link
LONDON — Actor Bernard Hill, who delivered a rousing cry before leading his people into battle in “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” and went down with the ship as the captain in “Titanic,” has died.
Hill, 79, passed away Sunday morning, agent Lou Coulson said.
Hill joined “The Lord Of The Rings” franchise in the second film of the trilogy, 2002’s “The Two Towers,” as Théoden, King of Rohan.
Ship 30 set to Static Fire next week as Flight 4 Preparations Continue - NASASpaceFlight.com NASASpaceflight.comSpaceX Gears Up for Starship Flight Test 4 with Unprecedented Upgrades and Preparations WebProNewsSpaceX finally says it's ready to launch Starship, again. The world's most powerful rocket could reach space for the first time in mid-November — if the FAA says yes.
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