By: Fern Sidman The passing of Eliot Engel at the age of 79 marks the conclusion of a remarkable chapter in American political life, one...

By Moshe Phillips- JNS   “This is what a twentieth-century hero is really like. The lands of the free will need such men until the day...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation’s premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the...

(AP) Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and other television shows and movies made him an...

  By: Fern Sidman Neil Sedaka, the Brooklyn-born singer-songwriter whose indelible melodies helped define the golden age of American pop and whose career spanned more than...

(A7) The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and two-time Democratic presidential candidate, died on Tuesday at the age of 84,...

  By: Phyllis Chesler Rabbi Dr. Alter B.Z. Metzger, a towering figure in contemporary Jewish scholarship and a luminous exemplar of Chassidic devotion, passed away on...

Jewish Girl Who Snubbed Hitler at Nazi Olympics Passes Away at 102 By: Fern Sidman In the vast architecture of twentieth-century history, moments of moral clarity...

  By: Fern Sidman Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan and the late actress Jane Wyman, has died at the age of 80,...

(AP) — Rivka Avihail, a Holocaust survivor who devoted her life to education, remembrance and advocacy for fellow survivors—particularly those who lived in hiding...

  By: Jeff Gorman The death of Tatiana Schlossberg at the age of 35 has reverberated across the worlds of journalism, environmental advocacy, and American public...

By: Meir Y. Soloveichik It is one of my favorite stories, told in Norman Podhoretz’s 2000 book My Love Affair with America—a tale for which...

By:  Andrew Carlson Frank Gehry, the Toronto-born visionary whose name became synonymous with the radical reimagining of form, volume and movement in contemporary architecture, died Friday...

  By: Fern Sidman – Jewish Voice News Israel this week bid farewell to one of the most consequential figures in its military and technological history,...

(AP) – Acclaimed architect Robert A.M. Stern, a prominent figure in American architecture who designed notable museums, libraries and residences, died Thursday, according to...

By: Fern Sidman The New York Police Department lost one of its most enduring symbols of compassion and moral strength with the passing of Rabbi...