As part of a people who have witnessed more than their fair share of its people literally going up in smoke at the hands of others, we Jews ought to be horrified beyond words, when we read about someone dousing himself with gasoline and then setting himself ablaze. Personally speaking, I find it even more horrendous, if that individual is […]
A little over a week ago, as over a hundred Dallasites came together here at Tiferet, overwhelmed by profound grief and at a loss for words, because of the savage and brutal murder of three innocent Israeli teenagers, I exclaimed “G-d forbid”, not once, not twice, but three times, that we Jews should sink to the sub-human level of those […]
Weinreich’s Yiddish-English Dictionary translates mentschlechkeit as humaneness. Mentschlechkeit is the uncanny ability on the part of us Jews to respond to unspeakable grief and tragedy in a mentschlech way, even though we have more than sufficient reason not to. Mentschlechkeit filled the air this past Tuesday evening here at Tiferet, when well over a hundred individuals, Jew and non-Jew alike, […]
Rabbi Ruben Suiza is head of the Sefardic community of Cape Town, South Africa. A little over a month ago, Rabbi Suiza’s wife Deborah, began receiving E Mails from another Rabbi no less, demanding roughly the equivalent of $4,500 U.S.D. Otherwise, the extortionist henceforth to be referred to as the “Blackmailer Rebbe” would make it public that Rabbi Suiza was […]
I have no idea whatsoever, how many Americans took any time last week to learn about and reflect upon what took place seventy years ago in Normandy. I have great concern however, that of those who did, precious few if any, were able to extrapolate from the events of June 6, 1944, otherwise known as D Day, to gain a […]
For the record, I greatly admire Pope Francis. I have great respect for him. As far as I’m concerned, Pope Francis is as genuine as they come. He appears not to be trapped by the trappings of his office and his ego is quite unlike that of many of his predecessors, however humble pontiffs of the past may have appeared […]
Leave it to Israel. At a time, when Memorial Day has already begun to fade in the memory of most Americans, Israel keeps Memorial Day alive in a most inspiring way. In addition to paying tribute to its fallen soldiers, with the day before Independence Day being solemnly set aside for that very purpose, Israel has shown that it is […]
