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Democracy’s on the ropes, but it’s still the world’s best hope

Something fascinating is happening in Hong Kong. The young students there who have been demonstrating for greater democracy and freedom have taken up waving American flags and singing our national anthem as they confront police. more

9/20/19

Orthodox Union Executive Vice President Allen Fagin, from Woodmere, served on New York Attorney General Letitia James’ transition committee.

Woodmere resident Allen Fagin served on New York State Attorney General's transition team

Allen Fagin, of Woodmere, who is the executive vice president of the Orthodox Union and the former chairman of Proskauer Rose LLP, is one of 36 people on New York Attorney General-Elect Letitia James’ transition committee. James was sworn in on Dec. 31 more

By Jeff Bessen | 1/4/19

Weizmann Institute mentor David Bassan, with his back to the camera, split T-cells in the laboratory with student lab partners Tzippora Chwat, center, and Yee Kwan Lee.

Attracting women to science

Dissecting worms to understand how they regenerate was Tzippora Chwat’s first science project in middle school. The Cedarhurst resident found the flatworms she had to work with disgusting. more

By Jeff Bessen | 9/14/17

Come along with me, from China to Japan

Sometimes the traveling shoes pinch. The most unsettling experience in these last two weeks has been . . . more

5/18/17

Looking back, even as we sail away

As I write this, I am setting sail from Hong Kong, on the South China Sea, north toward the Taiwan Strait, although who can say for sure? more

5/4/17

U.S. security: only as strong as its weakest leak

If you wrote the story of Edward Snowden as a novel, no one would buy it, literally or figuratively. more

6/20/13

Setting sail Down Under, into a new year

Once again, the Herald has sent me, its one and only foreign correspondent, on a journey far and wide and Down Under, to see the world and report back to my readers. more

1/10/13

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