Elliott Abrams: Honor and Dishonor at the United Nations The United States was badly outnumbered in the General Assembly. There were just 67 countries who could be said to be on “our side” in that they didn’t vote against our position. No, not this week’s vote on Jerusalem. This…
Preparing for the election as people of faith: A Jewish perspective The following speech was delivered at an interfaith meeting organised by the Religious Diversity Trust by Deb Levy. It is said that if you ask two Jews for their thoughts, you’ll get three opinions. We are a people of debate…
The man who survived Dr Mengele’s experiments Benjamin Steiner cut a distinctive figure with his dapper clothes, trilby hat and twinkly eyes. But belying that appearance, his body covered in scars and the number A-421734 tattooed on his left forearm, was a terrible truth. Steiner was a…
New Zealander makes history swimming across Dead Sea The hypersaline lake at the lowest point on Earth is where people from all over the world take pictures of themselves reading the paper while floating. It’s dangerous to put your face in the water – even a drop of…