Yearly Archives: 2015


Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz .zt”l

   Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz zt”l, On His Yahrtzeit, Today, 3 ElulAugust 21, 2012  3:20 am   Rav Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz zt”l was born in the town of Willig in Hungary in 1886 into a family of Sanzer chassidim. At a young age – when he was already studying Shulchan Aruch Yore De’ah with Shach, Taz and the Pri Megadim — he had acquired a name as a talmid […]


The Intellectual Rearmament of the West

The Jerusalem Post – Israel News November 20, 2015: Why only now? terrorism By DAVID M. WEINBERG \ 11/19/2015 21:41 History teaches us that the fearless defeat the feeble. The faithful overcome the fickle. The rooted rout the irresolute. Let’s face it: Radical Islam of the 21st century is deeply devoted and daring. It is driven by intense religious-fascist fervor, and a purist-apocalyptic vision of a global caliphate […]


The Teen Brain –

Your independent source for Harvard news since 1898 Right Now | A Work in Progress The Teen Brain by Debra Bradley Ruder September-October 2008 Courtesy of Paul Thompson / UCLA School Of Medicine   Your teenage daughter gets top marks in school, captains the debate team, and volunteers at a shelter for homeless people. But while driving the family car, she text-messages her best friend and rear-ends another […]


The Clean-Energy Revolution Gathers Speed

Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-clean-energy- Less polluting energy sources are proliferating in the U.S. If other nations join in, the results could have global impact By David Biello | November 18, 2015 | WIND POWER: Turbines to harvest the energy in wind have cropped up across the U.S. U.S. buildings have grown colder in recent years. The switch from the heat-generating incandescent bulbs to light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, reduces the […]


Terra Incognita: Paris is burning – The new face of ISIS

  By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 11/15/2015 20:58 There is a palpable feeling that the attacks on France represent a turning point in history. Police patrol near Notre Dame Cathedral following a series of deadly attacks in Paris , November 14, 2015. (photo credit:REUTERS) The state of emergency declared by French President Francois Hollande on November 13 in response to the massive terrorist attacks in Paris put in place […]


AT LEAST 16 STATES TO REFUSE SYRIAN REFUGEES

AT LEAST 16 STATES TO REFUSE SYRIAN REFUGEES   More than a dozen U.S. states’ governors have announced they will refuse to take in Syrian refugees following Friday evening’s deadly terrorist attacks in Paris. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said Sundayhe planned to refuse the relocation. “I will not place Alabamians at even the slightest possible risk of an attack on our people,” the governor said in a statement.Earlier […]