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There is a project afoot for Jews all over the world to say the Shema for Israel at 7:00 p.m. Israel Time. (That would be Noon on the East Coast and 9 a.m. here in California.) The idea is that this most powerful prayer, if said by Jews all over
Continue readingBack in the early/mid 1970s, I, like every good American Jew, did Israeli folk dancing. Our family was very serious about it, so much so that we’d usually attend the annual get-t0gethers in San Luis Obispo at which the top Israeli choreographers would introduce their new dances for the year.
Continue readingToday is Yom Hashoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — a day on which Jews and all civilized people around the globe commemorate the 6 million who died at the hands of virulent antisemites. Israel takes this day very seriously. For those unclear on the whole Israel concept (Obama, Kerry, and
Continue readingEvery Jewish holiday, creative young Jewish people bring something new to the musical world:
Continue readingPalestinians smear their fallen enemies’ blood on their hands, dangle bodies outside of windows, and have candy-strewn parades celebrating the bloodshed when their enemies fall into their hands. Israelis teach their enemies to walk again. (I apologize for the long commercial before the video, but you may want to wait
Continue readingI had lunch today with two friends, both conservative, neither Jewish. Since we were talking politics, both asked me a question I hear repeatedly from non-Jewish conservatives — How can Jews support Obama? It occurred to me — and this is a very depressing though — that Jews are repeating
Continue readingIf you’re a politically conservative Jew looking for intellectual food on the internet, or if you’re just a conservative (not Jewish) looking for more to read on the internet, check out The Jewish Voice and Opinion, a publication that has been promoting traditional Jewish thought and conservative politics for 25
Continue readingA friend sent me this article by a former Israeli soldier who know works for StandWithUs, an organization that counters the antisemitic and anti-Israel bile that pours forth on American campuses under the banner of the BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) movement. The hatred he experiences is staggering, all the more
Continue readingTonight marks the first night of Rosh Hashanna, the Jewish New Year. More specifically, tonight is the 5,774th year that Jews have honored this particular holiday. It is, so far as I know, the oldest continuously operating calendar in the world. Tonight also marks a Jewish New Year that sees
Continue readingThere’s a guy where I exercise who’s nice, but I’ve never really warmed up to him. He’s not part of the ownership or the management team, so it’s never really mattered to me what I think of him. Last week, though, I discovered that my subconscious might have been sending
Continue readingMy old high school, Lowell, in San Francisco, was celebrating its current building’s 50th anniversary, so the school had an open house. Before this morning, I hadn’t set foot in the school since I graduated (one in a class of almost 1,000 other students), and I was curious to see
Continue readingWhen I lived in England, the Tottenham Hotspurs, a London based football club, was doing very, very well. It had done very, very well the year before too. So Chas & Dave, a popular English duo, wrote a song, which became a massive hit. The song is undeniably catchy, and
Continue readingAs every Jew will tell you, in the traditional Jewish calendar Hanukkah is not big deal. It reached its present status because it happens to fall at the same time as Christmas. Jewish parents, therefore, turned it into a gift-giving holiday so that their children didn’t feel completely left out
Continue readingThe editor of a Jewish newspaper — let me repeat: a Jewish newspaper — has endorsed a Republican. Because we’re discussing Jews, it may be wrong to analogize this to pigs flying, but I guess it’s okay as long as we’re not eating those pigs for breakfast. I was at
Continue readingThere are two constituencies on which Democrats can always count: Jews and blacks. And Jews, unlike blacks, give lots of money to their favorite party and they get out and vote. For many Jews, being a Democrat is an integral part of their identity. Voting for a Republican is anathema.
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