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Jan 1, 2015, 11:33 AM

A teacher is born

Since last fall, I have enjoyed the privilege of teaching undergraduate students at the George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, criminal law, ethics, and perhaps a bit more. I had never taught the mostly 18 and 19 year olds...

May 29, 2014, 7:48 PM

Sutty’s Shooting Star

The video surveillance camera outside the youth hostel on Manhattan's upper west side captured a truly disturbing image. A young man, naked, except for his brief-style underwear, is plummeting, arms outstretched, from the third floor window. The short tape...

May 22, 2014, 4:58 PM

No Legitimate reason

My wife and I attended a wonderful Israeli street festival in Northern Virginia last Sunday. We each enjoyed a falafel, while Israeli music played from the nearby stage, people strolled around amongst the booths and some children visited...

Apr 30, 2014, 12:22 AM

Darna, in Jerusalem, will never be confused with Sparks Steakhouse in Mid-Town Manhattan. Umberto's clamhouse in Little Italy is no Olive Leaf, Tel Aviv, and the King David Hotel, is, thankfully, not the Park Sheraton Hotel. But somehow, Israel...

Apr 2, 2014, 8:19 PM

Camp friends and Taglit-Birthright

Stacey Davidson has traveled to Israel twice before, but her third scheduled trip, with Taglit-Birthright Israel, May 21-31, has her truly excited. "It's great when you go with your family for the first time," Stacey recalled recently, from her...

Mar 28, 2014, 4:32 PM

Any given Saturday

My seventh grade football team, the Yorktown Athletic Club Steelers, (Yorktown Heights, New York), won only one game. It was the game I missed because of my bar mitzvah. The rest of the season was a disaster. It wasn't...

Mar 14, 2014, 5:10 PM

Not crying anymore

"M*A*S*H*,", originally a novel by Richard Hooker, followed by a movie of the same name in 1970, and a CBS television series from 1972-1983, somehow made the mundane details of army life, funny. In his book, "The 188th Crybaby...

Mar 9, 2014, 5:22 PM

It was 50 years ago today

1964 was a pivotal moment in American History: The Beatles invaded New York City and played "The Ed Sullivan Show" for the first time, Muhammad Ali, then called Cassius Clay, defeated Sonny Liston by technical knock out,...

Mar 4, 2014, 4:51 AM

As early as 1947, Israel had a powerful supporter in Washington, DC. One wonders what JFK would say now about the Middle East and American foreign policy as AIPAC holds its annual policy conference in DC this week despite...

Feb 24, 2014, 7:14 PM

Israeli daughter

It nearly broke my heart a few summers ago when we were unable to travel to Israel to attend a friend's wedding. I never need a reason to go to Israel. In fact, I look for reasons to go...

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Adjunct professor of criminal justice at George Mason university. Practicing attorney with undergraduate degree in journalism. Seasoned print and broadcast journalist. Married with two daughters. Member of conservative shul in Fairfax, Va.