"What starts with the Jews, never ends with the Jews" If one is to call oneself Jewish, bearing witness to the Jewish condition, both past and current, is integral to Jewish identity. If you cannot, the Jewish tradition has a modicum of 'rachmones' for you. Suppose you were to purposely choose to … [Read more...]

Columbia Student Leader: "Zionists don't deserve to live comfortably -- let alone Zionists don't deserve to live!" Abandoned to a new wilderness: Jewish Students at American Academic Institutions Whither thou goest? -- Is American Academia now whithering on the vine: American Academia / The … [Read more...]

The "fish and the bread" 'Gefilta and Matza' (and): the age-old cry of: "Let My People Go" (it does seem ^ like 'an old familiar story') Today, if you are not too busy cleaning -- we will have an extra-credit-special-session, what one might call a pre-Passover expose of Gefilte Fish and Matza -- … [Read more...]

At the Passover Seder this year -- who is now the Wicked Son? Given the world in which we presently experience, here is the opinion of David Mamet (as outlined in his book and as summarized by wiki): The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Jewish self-hatred, and the Jews is a collection of essays by … [Read more...]

Affliction, is there such a thing as a 'free launch'? Welcome to the 21st Century, 'opening the door' to a launch from medieval times: But first, you might want to have a look at a 'modern' form of the 'medieval' -- and if you care about anything -- first watch … [Read more...]