As Jews, our ability to poke fun at ourselves should have and must have limits. Such limits were ignored with I SHIVA, a video spoof on Shiva houses which has been E mailed to and viewed on computer screens in countless Jewish homes…and sad to say laughed at. The gist of the video dealing with Shiva Houses is food, food, […]
As one who is generally unimpressed with the Press (and that’s putting it mildly), I was delighted to read a story last week, in which journalists actually covered the Palestinian – Israeli conflict from a human interest point of view! Rather than fanning the flames of animosity, journalists were actually able to get their story, even though it was based […]
Last week, Peggy Hubbard appeared on a video (you can see it on You Tube) excoriating the Black community in and around St. Louis Missouri as well as throughout the rest of this country for its audacity of taking up the mantra Black Lives Matter. Her timing could not have been better, in that with Rosh Hashanah less than two […]
The late Meir Kahane published an eponymous monthly, replete with a Swine of the Month award. I am not Meir Kahane. I would however suggest that some current Jewish publication feature a Shanda of the Month award. For front runner of this month’s recipient, I nominate Adas Israel Congregation, in Washington D.C. for having the President of this country speak […]
It was with more than a modicum of interest, that I read about Rachelle David, a 17 year old Jewish girl being accepted to West point. Based on the newspaper article, I have every reason to be impressed. Meaning no disrespect whatsoever to Rachelle, I would have been even more impressed, had I read about a Jewish High School senior, […]
While the Four questions are over and done with until next year, there exists another set of questions that some feel ought to at the very least be pondered. With the recent Religious Freedom Law garnering headlines, let us not be too hasty breathing a sigh of relief, that we are neither Bakery owners being asked to decorate a cake […]
Contrary to what many of us have been led to believe, health may not necessarily be the most important thing. Perhaps guarding one’s tongue and taking care of what comes forth from the mouth is the most important thing. Strange but true, saying stupid things has made more people “sick” than dangerously harmful bacteria and harmfully dangerous viruses. I find […]
