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””
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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 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 – October 12, 2024 – “One Day”
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””
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 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 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””
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