It started benignly enough, a passing comment about an email that my mother received from a far-away cousin. And then instantly it changed. You see, that far-away cousin forwarded a ‘news’ story portraying a subversive take over within American culture. His warning was that there is an incoming storm wai ……
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Stephen Hawking has decided to pull out of an invitation to a conference hosted by Israel’s Shimon Peres for the Israeli President’s 90th birthday. Mr. Hawking has made it clear over the past number of years that he will not condone the way Israel treats Palestine, and has advocated for real…
A lot of speculation goes into what makes a racist’s mind…well, racist. A study done at Tel Aviv University found some connections between those who are categorical thinkers, a type of “creative stagnation,” and stereotypical thinking. These minds tend to be fixated, more comfortable…
A lot of speculation goes into what makes a racist’s mind…well, racist. A study done at Tel Aviv University found some connections between those who are categorical thinkers, a type of “creative stagnation,” and stereotypical thinking. These minds tend to be fixated, more comfortable…
By: Courtney Kidd,LMSW SJS Staff Writer
The U.S. is sending 400 troops to Turkey, as part…
By Georgianna Reilly, LMSW
SJS Staff Writer
In a historic, although mostly symbolic, move the United Nations Assembly has granted Palestine “Non-Member Observer State” status in the UN Body in a 138 for and 9 against vote (with 41 absentees). This approval came on the day in which…
By Courtney Kidd, LMSW
SJS Staff Writer
A bus bombing has brought the 8 day escalating conflict in the Middle East between Palestine and Israel to a tipping point. Quelling what was hopeful truce talks and tentative peaceful relations from 2009, this bomb may prolong the deadly battles before…
Violence on the Israeli-Syrian border is escalating. Hamas continues to fire rockets into Israel; Israel is bombing Hamas. I could have written that 5,10,15,or 20 years ago it would hold true in some way or another. War always makes me sad. It is the most unreasonable of human responses to…
One need only to read any newspaper or news website to find that Israel and Gaza are at the brink of war after an air strike against Hamas leaders that killed one of the main leaders. Adding to the war in Syria this is not a pretty picture for the Middle East, or the world for that matter. But,…
It’s a story as old as The Bible. Tensions are mounting again in the Middle East. Syrian violence is spilling into the Syrian-Israeli border. The Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued a clear statement on the new border aggression.
“Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin…
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