Why I let my daughter get a nose job

This story originally appeared on Kveller. Last month, when my teenage daughter, Elana, told me she had something important to discuss, I assumed she wanted something any typical suburban teen might want: a later curfew or a new iPhone. Instead, to my horror, she told me she wanted a nose job. She said she’d felt […]

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The Democratic debate revealed the candidates’ differences on Middle East policy

WESTERVILLE, Ohio (JTA) — The fourth Democratic presidential debate revealed fissures among the candidates on whether to keep U.S. troops in the Middle East. The 12 hopefuls on the stage Tuesday night at Otterbein University in this Columbus suburb were unanimous in describing President Donald Trump’s pullout of American troops from Syria as catastrophic for […]

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