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I recently met a Caviar ambassador at a champagne and caviar pairing dinner. I mean if that’s not a dream job, I don’t know what is – having to come up with champagne and caviar food pairings. Oh sure, I suppose there is a downside, but I haven’t thought...

From Ian: New York University’s Students for Justice in Palestine Blames Police Shootings of Blacks on Israel The killings this week of African Americans Alton Sterling and Philando Castile by police have sparked soul-searching and protests across...

A Musical Tea Party, Laroon, 1740. Photo: Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2014. In 1714 George I ascended the throne as the first British monarch of the German House of Hanover. With the dawn of a new dynastic age came a...

It's the second day of the London Olympics — or Day Minus-1 if you prefer, and we've already fallen victim to the time difference, as matches go under way earlier than expected. It's a full afternoon of soccer, plus a lot...

"The blog is mightier than the sword." --Headline for article by journalist Amit Lewinthal, israelhayom.com (2012), perhaps relevant eons ago (by social-media standards); image from PDCAST [LISTEN] On Culinary Diplomacy: Culinary diplomacy utilizes...