Shalom.
Every week I read a number of Substacks and newspapers and listen to a crap-load of podcasts in order to educate myself and curate the myriad news and information sources on all things Jewie, in order to bring you readers an interesting plateful of that “all you can eat” news buffet. Sometimes I can sit back and admire the offering, sometimes I think my writing needs a bromide. I certainly could use a good editor to help me avoid some of the catastrophic apostrophe mistake’s and other grammatical errors I have detected in a few postings. But hopefully, most of you enjoy the offering along with my smarmy commentary.
This week is chock full of good stuff. Hence, this special midweek edition with a summary and links to some of the better items warranting an hour or less of your time. Without further ajieu, here you go:
- Book Wag of the Week – I referenced this new offering in a recent JNR, but I can’t say enough good things about Israel Alone, Bernard-Henri Lévy’s passionate and outraged cri-de-coeur about the loneliness of Israel and the tragedy of October 7. He also addresses some of the major questions challenging Israel today. Here is a link to Amazon’s offering platform .
- Ear Wag of the Week – There is no question that the most informative and respected authority on Israel and the Jewish community in the podcast world is Dan Senor, American columnist, writer, and political adviser. He was chief spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq and senior foreign policy adviser to U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney during the 2012 election campaign. Dan is interviewing Middle East experts leading up to the October 7 anniversary and his first two interviews included Sam Harris and Douglas Murray. Here is a link to the Sam Harris interview, extremely worth your time.
- In the Weeds Wag of the Week – It’s tough to find good journalism on the current state of the war in Gaza. Contrary to what the lame stream media would have you believe, Israel is making great progress on defeating Hamas, but they are probably months away from finishing the job. Here is a link to a Tablet story by Andrew Fox, a former British Army Major and current Research Fellow at the Henry Jackson Society and a lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
- Video Wag of the Week – In the “you can’t make this shit up” category, here is a fun take on Donnie-dumb-fuck’s pet eating calamity, a remix from the South African “The Kiffness”.
5. Meme of the Week – Israel’s cunning in their booby-trapping of Hezbollah pagers was nothing short of brilliant. It unleashed a number of equally brilliant memes, including this one:
Have a great rest of the week!
Brad out.
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