Any sports fan will tell you that if you leave the game talking about the umpire or referee, that official did an awful job. The same thing goes when talking about political debates. more

The election season is becoming an all out brawl between the candidates; each one is trying to paint a picture of the better America he will create in less than four years. Something is wrong with that philosophy, but it is hard to really put your finger on it after being indoctrinated with the short-term fix for so long. more

A wartime diplomat dubbed the “Iranian Schindler” was honored by the Nassau Memorial & Tolerance Center as part of a larger effort to raise awareness of its work in the local Persian community. more

“The first thing I do when I speak at an event is check out the box that I stand on because they don’t realize how short I am. I call it the Bar Mitzvah box, that boys usually stand on when they speak,” said Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor. She was preparing for her keynote speech at the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) dinner held on Tuesday night at Fresh Meadows Country Club in Great Neck. more

It’s a unique club that no one wants to be part of, but once you join, you are a member for life. One in eight. That’s the “club” and the chance of a woman getting invasive breast cancer at some time during her life, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). And although they also cite the death rate from the disease as one in 36, they note that the death rates have been going down, attributing that to earlier detection and better treatment. more

Arlen J. Specter, who was Pennsylvania’s longest serving United States Senator, first as a Republican, and ending as a Democrat, died at his home in Philadelphia on October 14th from complications of non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He was 82. more

What can a young boy living in Israel teach us about American policy and the support of the American president for Israel? more

Drora Brody’s maternal grandparents smuggled thousands of Jews from Yemen to Aden and on to Palestine from 1935 to 1944. They personally sewed dresses as disguises for the men in their clothing factory in Yemen and used their connections to the local sultan and their own funds to bribe border guards. more

When it was all over, I was stunned. If it were a t-ball game instead of a Presidential Debate, Jim Lehrer would have stopped it early, invoking the slaughter rule. more

Passing on the lies To the Editor Conservatives were ecstatic to see a compassionate conservative Willard Romney at the debate against Obama. more