I’m delighted to report that Washington State Republicans are working assiduously to ensure their continuing irrelevance to the citizens of this great state. Coming oh so close to taking the last governor’s race must’ve scared them into realizing how close they came to relevance. This most recent move came during the State Republican [...]
Read full post...Hebrew slaves building the pyramids (source: Chandlerschool.org)
With demonstrations today in New York, Seattle (where I live) and elsewhere of hundreds of thousands (see NY Times coverage) demanding a fair and equitable immigration reform bill from Congress, I took to thinking about Passover and the Exodus. Why? You’ll recall that Deuteronomy 10:19 says: [...]
Max Silberstein’s citizenship papers (October, 1888) (credit: Alan Blair)
Max Silverstein was one of my paternal great-grandfathers. Displayed here are his citizenship papers which were taken out in October, 1888:
Be it remembered that on the fifteenth day of October, in the year of Our Lord 1888, Max Silberstein appeared in the Superior Court of the City [...]
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