I haven’t yet gotten Aussie Dave to answer many of my questions about JIB Award procedures here. But he has been exchanging e mails with me. And they raise more questions in my mind than they answer.
First, poor Dave thinks I’ve accused him of corruption:
The point is you come out in public and [...]
Jack Abramoff emerges from federal court house after pleading guilty in corruption case (photo: Gerald Herbert/AP)
Maureen Dowd (TimesSelect subscription required) wrote this about Jack’s ‘getup’ in this image:
The sight of Jack Abramoff striding out of federal court here yesterday, looking like a stocky gangster from a 40’s movie in black fedora and trench [...]
Anyone who attended Hebrew or Sunday School remembers learning about the commandment: Al tignov (“Thou shalt not steal”). Back then, it seemed so black and white. Unfortunately, today ethical questions have become fraught with ambiguity and tempered by moral complication.
Jack Abramoff’s twisted Judaism (photo: David Burnett/NYT)
Take the case of Jack Abramoff, the [...]
Gibson as Biblical patriarch–next role? (source: European Pressphoto Agency
I kid you not. I wouldn’t have believed it unless I’d read it in the NY Times. This comes from the Department of Really Bad Ideas. Talk about tone deaf, ugh!
Whose brilliant idea was this? ABC-TV’s:
Quinn Taylor, ABC TV executive
Quinn [...]
In a Gallup poll last year, 88 percent of respondents said it was a good idea to wish people “Merry Christmas” even at risk of offending those who do not celebrate it. By comparison, 11 percent thought it was better to avoid the phrase.
[New York Times]
If you’re one of those 88%, DON’T WISH ME A [...]
Actually, my blog post title is a misnomer. Unlike President Bush, who has a fairly coherent policy regarding the conflict, the Democrats have none. They do have an Israel policy and it goes something like this: support Israel right down the line, never refer to the Palestinians, never criticize any Israeli policy even [...]
Read full post...For anyone familiar with the American Jewish community, that post title above looks odd, very odd. A Jewish group lobbies an American secretary of state to pressure Israel to compromise with the Palestinians? What’s wrong with this picture you might ask.
But it appears that the Israel Policy Forum did just that in advising [...]
If you’re a Reform Jew, you have every reason to be proud of your leader, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, who is facing down the right-wingers running the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations (see Confront the Extremists in Our Midst). Yoffie is downright disgusted with Malcolm Hoenlein, president of the Conference and other members [...]
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