A 22-year-old gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and leaving more than two dozen injured before he was subdued by "heroic" patrons and arrested by police who were on the scene within minutes. In response to the shooting, President Biden again called on ...

Volunteers are helping forgotten Dutch diarists of WWII to speak at last. Their voices, filled with anxiety, isolation and uncertainty, resonate powerfully today. Anne Frank listened in an Amsterdam attic on March 28, 1944, as the voice of the Dutch minister of education came crackling over the radi

Palm trees are a diverse, complex group of plants, with about 2,500 species of mostly tropical origin. All of them reproduce from seed. For palms with single trunks, it's the only way they reproduce. For palms that cluster or branch, an offset or branch can root to make a new plant. For seed formati...

In this sixth installment of male contemportary dancers we present two male contemporary duets. The first include Connor Scott and Meshach Henry from the London Royal Ballet and the second duet is performmed by Denis Metvienko and Leonid Safaranov. With a history dating back more than four hund

Landscape photographers can take a stroll outside and have all the available light they crave – unless of course they are using light pouring in from a window. But for the most part, studio photography involves setting up elaborate lighting, stands, and modifiers. Light is a type of energy. It is a

The ceremony took place at the Beth Hakneset Hagadol Abraham Gerson Z"L . Following was the reception which was held at the brand new banquet room located in the same building. Nancy and Sammy's wedding marked the first event ever to take place at the newly finished banquet room which included a m...

The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941. In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought t...

In this fifteenth installment of contemporary and ballet male dancers we introduce a special performance by reknown Brazilian dancer Jovani Furlan accompanied by Neil Marshall from the UK in a unique choreography by Renan Cerdeiro titled "Caballero," to a song by Juanitos titled: "Exotica." We

In this seventeenth installment of contemporary and ballet male dancers we present Australian dancer Max Oster peerforeming "The Search" a contemporry dance "The Search" as well as Colombia's Josue Gomez in a contemporary Piece "Revive" for which he was the Grand Prix Winner at YAGP Tampa 2020, cho

We celebrated the 2023 Passover with a special visit to the miniature village of Jamestown, USA and a unique situation occurred. We had a delicious dinner including Gefilte Fish in a Creamy Tomato Sauce with a Mexican Twist; Matzoh Ball Chicken Soup with gribenes and Braised Short Ribs with Prunes....