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In the weeks leading up to Wednesday’s U.S. President Debate, a narrative began to take hold among pundits that President Obama was gradually pulling away with the election. But with Romney’s ...

“Most astounding intelligence!” to President J. Edward De Lancey of the Irvington (N. J.) Board of Education was the news that the 116 candidates for teaching positions in Irvington schools had all ...

The Gaon, Rav Chaim of Volozhin, one of the most beloved students of the Vilna Gaon, was known to be a genius even as a child. Once while only a child of 11, he came home from cheder at midday to eat ...