Braised Brisket

*Braised brisket is synonymous with Jewish holidays.  You would be hard-pressed to go to a Passover or Sukkot celebration and not find brisket somewhere on the menu.  Most of my Jewish friends are fiercely loyal to their mother or grandmother’s brisket recipe, just as they should be.  In case you do not come from a long…

'Lebanon army says it can defend oil reserves without Hezbollah'

BY HAARETZ—  Christian Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea retorted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah Friday, saying the Lebanese army would defend alone any future oil installations put to risk by Israel, according to a report in the Lebanese Daily Star. “The Lebanese Army, not you, will deal with our oil installations in the event they were…