Shabbat shalom! And G’mar tov (Good seal)! The latter greeting is based on the belief that a person’s fate for the coming year is written on Rosh Hashanah and sealed on Yom Kippur. “G’mar tov” expresses the wish that the person be inscribed and sealed in the Book of Life for a good year. ItContinue reading “The Jew News Review – October 12, 2024 – “One Day””
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The Jew News Review – Special Edition – “The Message and the media”
Shalom. It was in my George Orwell class in college many years ago that my favorite professor, Howard Ziff, challenged the class with this quote about journalism, whose source is not known to me: “The role of the journalist is to broadcast the truth, and at the same time, destroy the ability to perceive.” ThatContinue reading “The Jew News Review – Special Edition – “The Message and the media””
The Jew News Review – October 7, 2024 – “”I will not die, but I will live….”
On a more positive note, here is and excerpt from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’s speech he gave in 2013 to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference, in which he reminded the audience that “Israel is the greatest collective affirmation of life in the whole of Jewish history.” “How probable is it that the universeContinue reading “The Jew News Review – October 7, 2024 – “”I will not die, but I will live….””
The Jew News Review – October 5, 2024 – “The bold. The beautiful. The fat bear.”
Shabbat shalom! It’s a busy holiday weekend, so I am ignoring the avalanche of news and the normal JNR posting this week. But, I am too excited to also ignore a relatively new US tradition that kicked off last week and will continue into next week. That would be Fat Bear Week. Fat Bear Week isContinue reading “The Jew News Review – October 5, 2024 – “The bold. The beautiful. The fat bear.””
The Jew News Review – October 2, 2024 – “Shanah tovah u’metuka”
Shalom. And a happy and sweet new year to all! In a normal year, we gather at my brother-in-law’s home for a festive, delicious and game-playing celebration of the Jewish new year. Being traditionalists, we will of course do that once again, but things are far from normal in the Jewish world. Even in theContinue reading “The Jew News Review – October 2, 2024 – “Shanah tovah u’metuka””
The Jew News Review – September 28, 2024 – “Sayonara Motherfucker”!
Shabbat shalom! We partied hearty last night, kicking off the celebration of our niece’s wedding with a delicious welcoming dinner and cocktail party at the yummy Centrolina restaurant. Then it was on to Wok and Roll for a late night karaoke jam, which featured a few pitchers of a drink called “Sayonara Motherfucker”. And thatContinue reading “The Jew News Review – September 28, 2024 – “Sayonara Motherfucker”!”
The Jew News Review – September 21, 2024 – “It’s Shotime”
Shabbat shalom! A tip of the baseball kippah this week to Shohei “Shotime” Ohtani, baseball player extraordinaire, who created a new record in the baseball history books by hitting over 50 home runs, and stealing over 50 bases. Ohtani finished his game yesterday against the Miami Marlins going 6-for-6 with three homers, two doubles, twoContinue reading “The Jew News Review – September 21, 2024 – “It’s Shotime””
The Jew News Review – Wacky Wednesday – “Is that a pager in your pocket?”
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 canContinue reading “The Jew News Review – Wacky Wednesday – “Is that a pager in your pocket?””
The Jew News Review – September 15, 2024 – “Anniversaries”
Shalom aleichem. Anniversaries are of course celebrated, for among other things, to mark and honor special occasions, personal milestones, and historical events. On the personal front, my wife and I celebrated our 40th wedding anniversary recently, and I can’t speak for her, but I for one would sign on for 40 more, or at leastContinue reading “The Jew News Review – September 15, 2024 – “Anniversaries””
The Jew News Review – Special Debate Edition – “Here’s my “concept of a post”
Last night the orange turd was baited into being his unhinged self, but instead of playing to his homies at one his insipid rallies, he was demonstrating to the mega millions tuned into ABC’s greatest show on earth that he is so full of lunatic shit that not even a full body diaper could haveContinue reading “The Jew News Review – Special Debate Edition – “Here’s my “concept of a post””
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