Gilad Erdan's ministry for strategic affairs has become a third intelligence branch (let's call it "the third eye") of the Israeli state alongside the Shin Bet and Mossad, It's brief is to fight an existential battle against the world-wide campaign to destroy Israel, aka "delegitimization." This primarily takes the form of a war to the death against BDS, a … [Read more...]
Yom Kippur: Losing My Religion
No, I'm not abandoning Judaism or my Jewish identity. But in the spirit of Michael Stipe's seminal REM song of the same title, I thought a provocative statement would dramatize my ambivalent feelings about key aspects of contemporary Jewish identity. I spent a few hours today in shul pondering the prayer liturgy and Torah reading. There is always a … [Read more...]
Sheldon Adelson Funds $5-Million TV Ad Campaign on Gingrich’s Behalf, Tars Romney as ‘Predatory Capitalist’
As far as I'm concerned, I can die now and go to blogger heaven, satisfied that my sense of political irony can't be bested by any future headline that would compete with today's news that global gambling tycoon, Sheldon Adelson is funding a $5-million TV ad campaign on behalf of Newt Gingrich that will target Mitt Romney as a "predatory capitalist." If you … [Read more...]
Yom Kippur and the Death of the Jews
No, we Jews aren't about to go the way of the dodo bird. We're not going extinct anytime soon. But almost all Jews agree there is a problem, a serious one. We're losing Jews. Our synagogues, our Jewish federations, our fraternal organizations like the ADL, AJC and others are hemorrhaging members and their coffers are depleted. What worked in the past … [Read more...]
