Hungarian Soviet Republic

Four men were tending the home when I left for work today: my father, a mathematician, businessman and Holocaust survivor; the cleaner, a decorated…

SCHOOL REUNIONS are filled not only with nostalgia, but with a sense of continuity in that the school continues to exist and develop, and very often…

TURKEY'S AMBASSADOR designate Ahmet Oguz Celikkol arrived last week, just in time to host this Thursday's reception marking the 86th anniversary of…

I've tucked away my guidebook and happily stumbled upon an unmarked bar on a low-key street in Budapest. The scene is relaxed - simple blue jeans on…

Four legends of punk rock gathered last week to reminisce, to relive and yes, to kibbitz about the early days of punk. "People don't associate punk…

I find Tel Aviv's Ibn Gvirol Street slightly intimidating. I don't know if it has something to do with all the skinny people knowing the difference…

BUDAPEST - Nobody wants to be left behind. In Israel, we like to pride ourselves on our abilities to keep up with the pack, marrying modernity to an…

EVERY POLITICAL leader knows that every vote counts, which makes it all the more surprising that Binyamin Netanyahu risked losing votes for Likud…

Armenia will refuse a €200 million (US$282 million) loan from the European Union to close its only atomic power plant, a government official said…

The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler And Changed The WorldBy Kati MartonSimon & Schuster228 pagesIt is unbearably sad to try to imagine the…