Author Archives: בָּרוּך

Shabbat shalom! And a tip of the kipah this week to President Biden. Uncle Joe may have tripped over a sandbag this week, but he was steady and on his game in avoiding an economic calamity brought to us courtesy of Republicans holding the country hostage over the debt ceiling debacle. I admonished Joe inContinue reading “The Jew News Review – June 3, 2023 – “The medium is the message?””

Shabbat shalom! A tip of the kipah this week to the Queen of Rock and Roll, Tina Turner, who passed away at the ripe age of 83. There have been many obits honoring her impact and life story, so I won’t even try to do her justice here, but I will provide a link toContinue reading “The Jew News Review – May 27, 2023 – “Time Billionaires””

Shabbat shalom! And a quick shout out this week to my globe trotting nieces, Natalie returning from another China trip, and Remi, on her way to Israel for a week before returning home from her semester in Italy. Life is Tov!  Here we are, two weeks or so away from an economic meltdown brought onContinue reading “The Jew News Review – May 20, 2023 – “Chief Twit is full of Sh#t””

Shabbat shalom! And a special shout out this week to all the mom’s, (especially my own), who have wonderful children to celebrate them on Mother’s Day! And if celebrating mom isn’t exciting enough, we have a Celtics game 7 as icing on the Sunday cake! If you thought game 6 was stressful, take another hitContinue reading “The Jew News Review – May 13, 2023 – “Moms, Celtics and Xanax””

Shabbat shalom on this coronation day! And a quick shout out to my Staunton friends and enthusiastic fans, Pat and Glen, for Glen’s speedy recovery from a recent fall. Hope to see you both at my next visit in July! Wow. As I type away here on Substack, I am drawn to the live streamingContinue reading “The Jew News Review – May 6, 2023 – “Ich Dien””

Shabbat shalom! And a tip of the kipah this week to the State of Israel, celebrating its 75th year as a country!  Growing up Jewish in Holbrook, MA, a small working class, mostly goyishe suburb of Boston and Brockton, we weren’t exactly surrounded by Jews. We had a small, but tight Jewish community, and usedContinue reading “The Jew News Review – April 29, 2023 – “A tree grows in Israel””

Shabbat shalom! And happy Earth Day everyone! Tip of the kipah this week to Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, a book she published in 1962 that helped inspire the environmental movement that ultimately led to the establishment of Earth Day, which we celebrate today. I am old enough to recall the early 70’s when rivers wouldContinue reading “The Jew News Review – April 22, 2023 – “Earth Day and Rupert OutFox’d””

Shabbat shalom! Always good to be back in the writers saddle after a wonderful Passover pause that featured a lot of Govermans (old and new), a beautiful Seder, and reconnecting with fabulous friends and family. I hope you all enjoyed the holiday! This week I am introducing a new feature to the JNR I amContinue reading “The Jew News Review – April 15, 2023 – “Schmuck of the Week””

Shabbat shalom! And a big shoutout and tip of the kipah to JNR friends Sophie and Eric, who, no fooling, will tie the knot under a hoopah on this April Fool’s day! Mazel Tov Sophie and Eric! I might have said this once or twice before, but what a crazy f-ing week! Hard to wrapContinue reading “The Jew News Review – April 1, 2023 – “Orange is the new orange””

Shabbat shalom! And a tip of the Kipah this week to Ilana Dayan, considered to be the “Walter Cronkite of Israeli journalism”, who after 30 years of upholding an objective an unbiased view of events, used her voice of reason and truth to condemn Nut-and-yahoos judicial reforms that are being brute forced into law byContinue reading “The Jew News Review – March 25, 2023 – “March Madness””