Shabbat shalom. The word decadence comes from the Medieval Latin word dēcadentia, which means “to fall down”. Synonyms of decadence include decline, degeneration, and deterioration. All words that come to my mind this week given the nature of our social discourse surrounding the cold blooded assassination of Brian Thompson, the fifty-year-old CEO of UnitedHealthcare, whoContinue reading “The Jew News Review – December 6, 2024 – “Slouching toward decadence””
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The Jew News Review – October 31, 2024 – “Is everyone ok?”
Shabbat shalom. We are busy this weekend with family, so I am taking a different approach for this week’s post. Instead of the usual news recap with my smarmy commentary, I am reposting a story taken from StoryCorps, a story which emerged from tragedy, but a story which I think reflects a message of gratitudeContinue reading “The Jew News Review – October 31, 2024 – “Is everyone ok?””
The Jew News Review – November 23, 2024 – “Truth and Trust”
Shabbat shalom! And I hope you all have a great, safe, and yummy Thanksgiving! A tip of the kippah this week to Ilana Dayan, who delivered a landmark speech last week at the Weizmann Institute in Israel to huge acclaim. Dayan is an Israeli investigative journalist, anchorwoman, and attorney. She is best known as host of theContinue reading “The Jew News Review – November 23, 2024 – “Truth and Trust””
The Jew News Review – November 16, 2024 – “A reckless pick by a feckless prick”
Shabbat shalom! Well, the navel examinations and finger pointing continues as to why so many of our fellow Americans could vote for a traitorous rapist and convicted felon for President of these somewhat united states. Substack and all forms of media are overflowing with essays explaining the end of the world as we know it.Continue reading “The Jew News Review – November 16, 2024 – “A reckless pick by a feckless prick””
The Jew News Review – October 18, 2024 – Special Edition – “A great day for the world”
Shabbat Shalom! Yesterday we learned that the great Satan, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by a few Israeli grunts on a routine operation in Rafah. After an IDF infantry drone picked up movement in a building, near to where the six hostages were murdered, gunfire was exchanged and a tank shell lit up the building killingContinue reading “The Jew News Review – October 18, 2024 – Special Edition – “A great day for the world””
The Jew News Review – Special Halloween Edition – “Can we still get our freak on?”
Shalom. And Booh! I am re-stacking this piece from Jeff Maurer on the topic of Halloween. No Purim parallels intended, (no Jew angle on this at all), just something for your reading pleasure. I am old enough to remember the Yale incident, and young enough, at least at heart, to also remember getting my freakContinue reading “The Jew News Review – Special Halloween Edition – “Can we still get our freak on?””
The Jew News Review – October 26, 2024 – “Wapo dies in its own darkness”
Shabbat shalom! And a tip of the kippah this week to Sir Paul McCartney, spotted attending Yom Kippur services in Chile, alongside his Jewish wife, Nancy Chevelle. McCartney was in South America as part of his big “Got Back” world tour, performed a concert in Santiago on a Friday night, and then went to ShulContinue reading “The Jew News Review – October 26, 2024 – “Wapo dies in its own darkness””
The Jew News Review – November 2, 2024 – “Vote for Kamala”
Shabbat shalom! No Jewy stuff today. This is my last post before “the most consequential election” in my lifetime. I hate that this term has become a cliche, but here we are. It should not be a difficult choice. On the one hand, we have the orange turd, aka Donny Dumb-fuck (DDF), who in hisContinue reading “The Jew News Review – November 2, 2024 – “Vote for Kamala””
The Jew News Review – November 8, 2024 – Mourning in America
Shabbat shalom. This morning, I am mourning. And the gathering gloom, is getting even gloomier. I woke up to the news of a pogrom in Amsterdam. This is a developing news story, but the headlines from CNN are as follows: Israeli soccer fans were beaten and injured in violent clashes in Amsterdam overnight, which theContinue reading “The Jew News Review – November 8, 2024 – Mourning in America”
The Jew News Review – Special Election Edition – “Surrender Democracy”
Oy. He’s baaaack! I woke up this morning dreading the day. I thought of the old Moody Blues song that ends with a poem whose first line is, “Breathe deep the gathering gloom”. And then The Wizard of Oz popped into my head, recalling the scene where the wicked witch rides on her broom spellingContinue reading “The Jew News Review – Special Election Edition – “Surrender Democracy””
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