Jan 12, 2020 | Ethics, Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Antisemitism kills. We survived the Holocaust. What did we learn? During Roman times Jews made up 10% of the population of the Roman Empire. Today, there should be 200 million Jews. Today, there are only 14 million Jews because of thousands of years of...
Dec 2, 2019 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
I think it is time to have pity, as they say in Yiddish, rachmunas, for Palestinians. Maybe “A Day of Pity.” Think about it. They are from an honour/shame culture that revolves around vengeance. What greater embarrassment for them...
Nov 29, 2019 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
7 billion people: 2 billion Catholics/Christians: 2 billion Muslims:14 million Jews Antisemitism had been quiet for decades after the Shoah, Holocaust. All that sturm and drang, all that hand wringing and chest beating, what have we done to the Jews!...
Nov 11, 2019 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Who said: “Our battle with World Jewry is a question of life and death. It is a battle between two conflicting faiths, each of which can exist only on the ruins of the other.” What would the media of today have said in the 1930’s when Hitler was sharing his views of...
Oct 23, 2019 | Politics, Religion / Spirituality
Two peas in a pod I started writing this piece around the 18th anniversary of 9/11. The words of Ilhan Omar were ringing in my ear from a speech she gave at a CAIR conference. And now she is supporting Bernie Sanders who is Jewish, and has defended...
Oct 2, 2019 | Ethics, Religion / Spirituality
Viktor Frankel:Those who have a “why” for life can bear with almost any how. A purposeful life is a life with dignity. I recently visited the graves of my parents. And of my brother. This is the tradition in Judaism to visit the graves of our...
