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This extraordinary Game 7 was for Judy Caldow, a retired teacher who sits in Section 309, Row 14, Seat 10 of the Wrigley Field bleachers. She has been going to services at that chapel of a ballpark for 53 years, her faithful attendance marked by the...

1180 Death of King Louis VII of France (b. 1120) 1180 Philip Augustus becomes king of France. 1437 Farmer uprising in Transylvania. 1454 In the Battle of Chojnice, Polish army is defeated by Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years’ War. 15...

By Derek Burgan This week’s SATURDAY SIX is an annual tradition. Six Disney Gifts Santa Can Bring Back to the North Pole (AKA The Best of the Disney Outlet Stores in 2016). Some readers of this weekly column may not know that we also have The Magic...

July 22 In History 1099: During the First Crusade Godfrey of Bouillon elected first Defender of the Holy Sepulcher of The Kingdom of Jerusalem.  Having driven out the Muslims and Jews (including the slaughter of innocent) the Soldiers of the Cross...

From Ian: Eugene Kontorovich: The Problem With Using the Tax Code to Punish Israeli Settlements J Street and like-minded progressives are campaigning to eliminate U.S. tax exemptions for charitable groups that provide support to Jewish communities...