Merry Christmas! To add to the joy of the season, starting today, December 15th, the Yonkers Tribune will publish a series of five fun Christmas spoofs. One every other day, leading up to the big day. Of course Santa Claus is in each one. Who else? Article I The rumors of holiday hanky panky are flying faster than Santa’s sleigh …
By GALE FARRELLY
What Does #BelieveWomen Mean?
By SHERRY F. COLB
As the #MeToo movement gathered steam, exposing many long-ignored instances of sexual misconduct, other hashtags followed in its wake. One of these is #BelieveWomen. In this column, I will analyze some ways of understanding #BelieveWomen and suggest that properly understood, it can provide us with a better way to approach not only women but anyone who brings disfavored messages to …
By SHERRY F. COLB
Assyrians of Yonkers
Dr. RUTH KAMBAR
YONKERS, NY — November 4, 2018 — As early as the late 19th Century, there was a small community of Assyrians in Yonkers, New York. By 1914 and 1915, many Assyrians fled Ottoman Turkey and Persia seeking refuge from genocide, and with the assistance of American Presbyterian missionaries, many found their way to bolstering a growing population in Yonkers. This …
Dr. RUTH KAMBAR
Twitter Birdies Take Over Word TWEET, Real Birds Furious
By GAIL FARRELLY
Social Media Series: Fourth Article of Five ICYMI: Articles One Through Four Below ICYMI: Read Social Media Series Article One: “LIKE Me…Or Else! By GAIL FARRELLY” LIKE Me…Or Else! By GAIL FARRELLY ICYMI: Read Social Media Series Article Two: “Social Media Halted; Few Users Are Reading Contributions of Others By GAIL FARRELLY” Social Media Halted; Few Users Are Reading Contributions …
By GAIL FARRELLY
Sasha Brown-Worsham, Author, Editor, and Yoga Teacher Speaks to Her Recently Published Book – Namaste the Hard Way: A Daughter’s Journey to Find Her Mother on the Yoga Mat, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Editor-at-Large and Internet Radio Host on Westchester On the Level – October 18th @ 10am EDT
WESTCHESTER, NY — Sasha Brown-Worsham, writer, editor and yoga teacher opens our broadcast this Friday, October 18th @ 10am EDT. Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Boston Globe, and countless other publications. We speak to her this Friday about her recently published book, “Namaste the Hard Way: A Daughter’s Journey to Find Her Mother on …
Social Media Halted; Few Users Are Reading Contributions of Others
By GAIL FARRELLY
Social Media Series: Second Article of Five ICYMI – The First Article of Five is Like Me…Or Else LIKE Me…Or Else! By GAIL FARRELLY Social Media Series: Second Article of Five # # # Social Media Halted; Few Users Are Reading Contributions of Others By GAIL FARRELLY Word of mouth may have to suffice, at least for now. The social …
By GAIL FARRELLY
Sasha Brown-Worsham Book “Namaste The Hard Way: A Daughter’s Journey to Find Her Mother on the Yoga Mat”
A Daughter’s Journey to Find Her Mother on the Yoga Mat For the month of October, “Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” Sasha Brown-Worsham has granted permission to re-publish this excerpt from Namaste the Hard Way: A Daughter’s Journey to Find Her Mother on the Yoga Mat. “A moving, profound story about the love between mothers and daughter and what they share, …
LIKE Me…Or Else!
By GAIL FARRELLY
Social Media Series Introduction With Twitter, Facebook, cellphones and the like, it’s a whole new world out there of communication or miscommunication. This series is a fun look at social media — with its opportunities as well as its distractions. Hope you enjoy it! # # # Social Media Series: First Article of Five # # # LIKE Me…Or Else! …
By GAIL FARRELLY
NY Journal of Books’ Reviewer JERRY D. LENABURG on Sword and Scimitar By Raymond Ibrahim
“Superbly Written … Enlightening” and “Will Make Some Readers Uncomfortable” For over 1000 years Christians and Muslims were almost constantly at war throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Near East. From the time that the armies of Muhammad swept out of the desert around 634 until the siege of Vienna in 1683, the ebb and flow of Muslim power into …
The Rogue Gallery: Barbie Loves Her New Incarnation – Part V
By GAIL FARRELLY
ICYMI: Read “The Rogue Gallery: Cartoon Characters Squawk at NYC Press Conference – Part I” https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2018/08/the-rogue-gallery-cartoon-characters-squawk-at-nyc-press-conference-by-gail-farrelly ICYMI: Read “The Rogue Gallery: Minnie Mouse Arrested in NYC’s Times Square – Part II“ https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2018/08/the-rogue-gallery-minnie-mouse-arrested-in-nycs-times-square-part-ii-by-gail-farrelly ICYMI: Read “The Rogue Gallery: Ebenezer Scrooge to Change his Name – Part III” https://www.yonkerstribune.com/2018/08/40600 ICYMI: Read “The Rogue Gallery: Why Bigfoot Hides – Was That The Name …
By GAIL FARRELLY