In case any of you didn’t know it, I’m a Jew. And proud of it. So I don’t take too kindly to people telling me that I’m an anti-Semite. No, Joe Biden didn’t tell me that to my face. But he might just as well have. Over the past few weeks, in an attempt to […]
Jacob De Haan: Zionism, Murder and Martyrdom
There are a number of figures who played major roles in the pre-State era who have unjustly faded into oblivion. Jacob De Haan is one of these. He packed more life into his short 43 years than others could pack in several lifetimes. He was a teacher, poet, journalist, lawyer and a close confidant of […]
Covid19 and the Abuse of the Holocaust and Anti-Semitism
COMMENTING NOTE: Because of a technical issue with a plugin update which caused the admin portion of the site to crash, my web host had to revert to a previous version of the installation. This caused some of the comment settings to deactivate and commenting was unavailable for the past week. My apologies. And thanks […]
Passover: Holiday of Freedom and Suffering
Everyone who’s ever enjoyed a Passover seder knows how wonderful they can be: rousing singing, the story of liberation from bondage, the all-embracing welcoming message inviting “all who are hungry to come and eat.” This story of joy and redemption begins with the immense suffering of the Jewish people during their centuries of bondage in […]
