Three Republican senators particularly beholden to the campaign largesse of Sheldon Adelson have jointly offered a glorious New Year's present to the Las Vegas gambling magnate. Sens. Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Dean Heller have proposed the Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act, which would direct the move of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to … [Read more...]
Senior Likud MK Claims on Rabin’s Memorial Day His Murder “Was Not Political”
Likud MK David Bitan, the chair of the Likud faction in the Knesset, is one of those big, fat Mafia type enforcers who roam the ranks of political parties throughout the world. Or alternatively, I suppose you could liken him to an obese, overeager poodle. Bibi's poodle. The Facebook image posted here compares him to a different animal: a sewer rat. … [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...]
You Don’t Need a Weathervane to See Which Way the Wind–and Sheldon Adelson–Blows
NOTE: I published a new piece at Mint Press this week: Haaretz Columnists Propose Genocide In Lebanon, Promote Right of ‘Artists’ To Rape Young Girls ‘For Their Art.’ Give it a read. Excuse the arcane reference in the post title to a revolutionary Dylan song from my youth. But if you did need a weathervane to tell which way Sheldon Adelson was "blowing" … [Read more...]