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””
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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 – 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 – September 7, 2024 – “A blow upon a bruise”
Shabbat shalom. While vacationing on Cape Cod, I managed to avoid a lot of the miserable news cycle, but since returning, I have started to catch up and it’s not pretty. Since my last posting, Israeli’s have been tormented with the burial and mourning for the six hostages that were brutally murdered by their psychopathicContinue reading “The Jew News Review – September 7, 2024 – “A blow upon a bruise””
The Jew News Review – Special Edition – Israel Myth Busting: Proportionality
Shalom! As I mentioned in the last JNR Special Edition, each Wednesday I will feature a portion of Sam Harris’s essay, “5 MYTHS ABOUT ISRAEL AND THE WAR IN GAZA”. Last Wednesday we covered “Genocide”, this week will focus on the myth that International Law requires Israel’s response to be “proportional”. But before we diveContinue reading “The Jew News Review – Special Edition – Israel Myth Busting: Proportionality”
The Jew News Review – July 27, 2024 – “Bye, Bye Biden, hello Kamala Sutra”
Shabbat shalom! And a tip of the kippah this week to President Biden, who made a great personal sacrifice by putting the country before politics. More on that later, but what a week! The news keeps coming hard and fast, as though the whole world is on some kind of cocaine binge and doing aContinue reading “The Jew News Review – July 27, 2024 – “Bye, Bye Biden, hello Kamala Sutra””
The Jew News Review – Special Edition – “Israel Myth Busting”
Shabbat shalom! I recently was part of a family text chain that somehow veered off into Israeli politics. I am not a fan of text chains in general and usually avoid attempting to communicate anything serious on a platform usually reserved for confirming logistics around grand children or posting silly birthday or fantasy sports memes,Continue reading “The Jew News Review – Special Edition – “Israel Myth Busting””
The Jew News Review – July 20, 2024 – “The boiling frog of Democracy”
Shabbat shalom! Given the continuous gut punches we sustain from the daily news cycle, especially this week, I want to start with a tip of the kippah to The Jerusalem Youth Chorus, who appeared on America’s Got Talent with an inspiring performance of “Home”, by Phillip Phillips. Despite the violence surrounding them, this group ofContinue reading “The Jew News Review – July 20, 2024 – “The boiling frog of Democracy””
The Jew News Review – July 13, 2024 – “Dog days, baseball, and eccentric British politicians”
Shabbat shalom! This heatwave is making me more than a bit irascible, and the news here in the Jew S of A, doesn’t help my temperament much either. To avoid inducing any further anxiety, and to keep my optimistic wits about me while I watch a perfect political storm potentially demolish our democracy, I haveContinue reading “The Jew News Review – July 13, 2024 – “Dog days, baseball, and eccentric British politicians””
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