History
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They claim that Israel harvests organs. Or that Israeli soldiers rape prisoners. Or that Israeli forces deliberately target children. These accusations follow a playbook of the first blood libel in history, written in Norwich, England, in 1149. It started with a murder. The accused, Sir Simon de Novers, did not deny arranging the killing of […]
Human Interest
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Today’s dating world is challenging. It is sometimes hard to know the best way to handle the dating process even when you have found someone that you like. What should you focus on? How do you really get to know someone? Dr. Esther Perel is a Belgian-born psychotherapist and the daughter of Holocaust survivors. She […]
In 1965, Homer and Melva lived next door to us on Hampton Boulevard, in the naval town of Norfolk. Homer and Dad went way back. They’d been in the same fraternity at William & Mary, played college pranks together, and were as close as two men could be. I don’t know if it was a […]
Video
Do some people become religious to escape life rather than face it? And what would you do if your child told you they no longer believed in God?
