Syrian Civil War

Boris Wolfman had fled prosecution on similar charges to hide in Israel THE SITUATION in Syria today is nothing short of catastrophic. More than half of the entire population has been displaced in a civil war now approaching its fifth year, and almost 4.3 million Syrian refugees are registered with…

Iran’s role in war has been relatively low-key so far, but deployment and dispatch of famous commander reinforce perception of new stage in support for Assad IRAN IS escalating its role in the war in Syria, sending hundreds of men from its elite forces to support Bashar al-Assad and dispatching its…

AT THE end of her Rosh Hashanah sermon, Rabbi Elyse Frishman turned to congregants and asked them to take out their cell phones and start dialing. An unusual scene at the sanctuary, and even more so during a High Holiday service, but Frishman explained that on this day, the cell phone would serve as a shofar…