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Shabbat shalom!  And a tip of the kipah this week to Jack Smith, who authored one of the more stunning bits of story telling that will likely take its place along side the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburgh Address as important historical documents. The story he laid out everyone knows by now, and wouldContinue reading “The Jew News Review – August 5, 2023 – “”Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy” – Dwight D. Eisenhower”

Shabbat shalom!  A tip of the kipah and shiva call this week for Sinead O’connor, who died at the age of 56. When she released her memoir, “Rememberings” in 2021, most headlines and reviews focused on her horror story of the time Prince abused her and also of her appearance on Saturday Night Live whenContinue reading “The Jew News Review – July 29, 2023 – “Tisha B’what?””

Shabbat shalom! Temperatures across the globe continue to set records. For the first time ever, The Acropolis was closed to the public due to the heat, the water temperature in Florida reached 90 degrees, and Bibi Nut-and-yahoo fainted from dehydration. So, keep cool and stay hydrated everyone! A tip of the kipah this week toContinue reading “The Jew News Review – July 22, 2023 – “Media Madness””

Shabbat shalom!  And a tip of the kipah this week to my new JNR staff member, Nox, who we are dog sitting for this weekend. Nox had a bone to pick with the editorial staff this week regarding their support of the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action, so he decided to weigh in onContinue reading “The Jew News Review – July 16, 2023 – “Dog days””

Shabbat shalom!  The dog days of summer are upon us, and the world is literally and figuratively heating up. The earth recorded its highest average temperature EVER this week while a catastrophic cocktail of anger, frustration and hubris combined to cause violence, death and destruction across the globe. Here in the good old USA, asContinue reading “The Jew News Review – July 8, 2023 – “Baby, it’s hot outside””

Shabbat shalom! The JNR will be taking the weekend off in order to celebrate the July 4th holiday with family in DC and Virginia. I wish you all the very best, and a big happy birthday to our beloved country!  I will leave you all with this small bit of encouraging news from The Idler about napping:Continue reading “The Jew News Review – July 1, 2023 – Happy 4th!”

Shabbat shalom! A tip of the kipah this week to Tel Aviv University officials who made the decision to remove the Sackler family name from their Medical School. The Sacklers, you may recall, were knowingly pushing Oxycontin via their company, Purdue Pharmaceuticals, in a “legalized” drug selling scheme that caused the deaths of thousands andContinue reading “The Jew News Review – June 24, 2023 – “A parable of times?””

Shabbat shalom! A tip of the kipah this week to my granddaughter Abby Rose who we are honoring today at her official naming ceremony. Given her middle name is Rose, named for her maternal great grandmother, and her Yiddish name is Laika, named for Lillian Goverman, my Bubbie, it’s quite appropriate that Michael and KalieContinue reading “The Jew News Review – June 17, 2023 – “Dear Abby””

Shabbat shalom! And what a week! First, a quick tip of the kipah to the Israeli Football club that made it to the semi-finals in the Under 20 World Cup by defeating Brazil! Alas, they were defeated by Uruguay just this morning, ending their miracle run for the World Cup, but a great and notableContinue reading “The Jew News Review – June 10, 2023 “Orange is the new orange””

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?””