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?””
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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 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””
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 – 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””
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