The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Author Archives: Rabbi Kaufman
Nothing New Under The Sun?
In the Middle East and UN, ein chadash tachat hashemesh, there is nothing new under the sun. Yet, representatives of the Obama Administration have repeatedly made strong statements that this is not the case, including most notably, the one made by … Continue reading
Israelis Care
With all of the world’s attention focused on fighting, attacks on school buses, Israeli attempts to stop them, rockets launched against Israeli targets and Israeli attempts to stop them, little attention is given to Israel’s contributions in the world. All … Continue reading
A Laser Guided War Crime
There are no few arguing this morning about whether or not Hamas should have known that the yellow bus that it fired upon yesterday was a school bus. Yellow is the color of school buses in the United States and … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged Bus Attack, Gaza, Hamas, Mortars, rockets, War, War Crimes
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My Reaction to Goldstone and Rosenberg
I have been more than a bit infuriated by the left’s reaction to Richard Goldstone’s statement that Israel did not intentionally target civilians during Operation Cast Lead. In fact, I wrote two articles about it for We Are For Israel. … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time
Tagged Gaza, Goldstone, Jew Hatred, MJ Rosenberg, UNHRC, We Are For Israel
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Ammiel Hirsch’s Response to Peter Beinart at the CCAR Convention
At the CCAR Convention in New Orleans this past week, Peter Beinart and Ammiel Hirsch spoke about Israel advocacy. Ammiel Hirsch’s response to Beinart is simply one of the best responses to him and those who agree with his positions … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time, Jews, Middle East, United Nations
Tagged Ammiel Hirsch, CCAR, CCAR Convention, Gaza, Israel, J-Street, peace process, Peter Beinart, Political Left, UN
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The Jerusalem Bombing
I think we need to take a step back and look at this week’s bombing with open eyes. First of all, the major terrorist groups applauded. It was a successful terrorist attack and that is horrible. Second of all, however, … Continue reading
My Prayer on the Crisis in Japan
I published my prayer about the events in Japan, really a short D’var Torah, on the We Are For Israel website. Feel free to use it. It was an especially trying week for my family because my wife’s … Continue reading
All the Forces?
Speaking to a group of Jewish donors in Miami, according to the Jerusalem Post, President Obama said the following: “All the forces that we see building in Egypt are the forces that should be naturally aligned with the US, [and] … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Middle East
Tagged Chamberlain, Egypt, Israel, Middle East, Obama, peace, Peace in Our Time
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Muslims Attack Coptic Community in Egypt
Read this story about Muslims attacking the Coptic community in Egypt. According to the story, Muslims killed the father of a Muslim woman who had some sort of relationship with a Copt because he would not kill her in an … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East
Tagged Christians, Copts, Egypt, Middle East Christians, Muslims, Soul
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Oil Shale Economics
Thomas Friedman wrote today about the need for the United States to reduce our need for foreign oil, proposing a phased $1 tax on gasoline to help wean us from it. This would certainly reduce consumption, but it would not … Continue reading
Posted in Middle East
Tagged dependence on foreign oil, Libya, Middle East, Oil, oil shale economics, opec, Saudi Arabia, shale
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Purim Katan – The Threat of The Mob
Everywhere in the world today, minorities are under threat. Some of you, no–many of you, would note, “They always are.” Yet, the truth is that such threats are relative and today, I am concerned. Americans believe that power is derived … Continue reading
Posted in American Scene, Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome, Israeli Double Standard Time, Jews, Politics, Religion, United Nations, World
Tagged democracy, Egypt, freedom, Israel, Middle East, Minorities, Mob Rule, Obama, Purim Katan, Tyranny, United Nations, unsc, Veto
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Naive Foreign Policy
So the US proposed to back a resolution basically reaffirming what it should not have affirmed in 1979 about the legitimacy of settlements, though a weaker version. The current reported proposal would only condemn “continued” settlement building, something that hardly … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome
Tagged foreign policy, Israel, Middle East, Naive Foreign Policy, Obama, peace process, Resolution, settlements, unsc
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Addictive Thinking and Israel
Those who counsel people who are addicts and their co-dependents are very familiar with the concept of Addictive Thinking and Abraham Twerski’s well known book on the subject. The basic idea is that those who are addicted have distorted thinking. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Israel Derangement Syndrome
Tagged Addictive Thinking, Israel, Israelis, Middle East Peace, Palestine, Palestinians, peace process, Twerski
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