Category Archives: Religion

First light

I haven’t been in Montclair in over a decade. Time to move on! I’m changing out the old virtual menorah with pictures of my menorah as it looks today.

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This is why I never worry about the commercialization of Hannukkah

Well, besides the fact that there are about sixteen different ways to spell Chanukah. Wow. Could that commercial be any lamer?

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A word about the election tomorrow

I was in a deep blue area of Richmond today. I saw almost no Obama signs. The momentum is on the other side. I think Mitt Romney is going to be our next president. Don’t forget to get out and … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

Hamas documents its own war crimes: Hamas released a video proving they fire rockets from civilian areas. And yet, there will never be a Goldstone Commission for their crimes. And of course, there will always be excuses made for them. … Continue reading

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Misleading headline of the day

Take a look at this headline and give yourself a minute to interpret it. Jewish and Christian groups at impasse over U.S. aid to Israel Hm, looks like the groups are having trouble agreeing on something, right? Wrong. Christian groups … Continue reading

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Friday briefs

When you’ve lost the MSM: McClatchy covers the changing Benghazi story. The AP says that the CIA told the White House within 24 hours that the Benghazi attack was not a mob, but “militants“. Oh, next week’s foreign policy debate … Continue reading

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The un-Christian churches attack Israel, yet again

The Middle East is going to hell in a handbasket. Turkey and Syria are shelling each other, which might bring NATO into the clash. There is now a team of American military planners in Jordan in case Syria implodes and … Continue reading

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A belated greeting

Forgot to wish everyone an easy and meaningful fast. I did not fast this year, as I am on antibiotics and was told I had to stay hydrated and probably shouldn’t fast. Boy, do I feel guilty. I can’t remember … Continue reading

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A Rosh Hashana video

And a darned good one. Blithely stolen from Sarah.

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Same-old, same-old briefs

France’s Jews, under attack: French Muslims threw a grenade into a kosher supermarket and wounded Jewish shoppers. But it’s Muslims who are being discriminated against and attacked–because someone made a film that they don’t like. Leave France. It isn’t safe … Continue reading

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The my cover’s not done so I’m still here briefs

Oh, please: Naivete from an intellectual who should certainly know better. Bernard-Henri Levy on how the AP owes Jews an apology for spreading the lie that “Sam Bacile” was an Israeli and had financing from “100 Jews” for his anti-Muhammed … Continue reading

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Shana Tovah

A sweet, happy and healthy new year to all of my Jewish readers. L’Shanah Tovah Tikatevu.

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The Islamist Spring

Wow, that Arab Spring was awesome, wasn’t it? We helped Libya defeat Moammar Gadhaffi, and they helped themselves to murder our ambassador and three other Americans. Why? Because they’re pissed off at a film that insults Mohammed released by an … Continue reading

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Tuesday civility briefs

Say, remember all that talk from the left about civility? Yeah, that’s why the head of California’s Democratic party called Paul Ryan a Nazi. Ryan told “a bold-faced lie and he doesn’t care that it was a lie. That was … Continue reading

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Better than them

A rabbi from the same town as the teenagers who attacked Arab-Israelis last week wrote a letter to his community emphasizing how wrong it is to attack Arabs. This is why I simply cannot grasp how much of the world … Continue reading

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