No one would ever think of telling Governor Rick Perry to return Texas to Mexico. Nor, would anyone chide Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to return California to Mexico. And no one, I mean no one, would ever demand that US President Obama return America to the United Kingdom. Yet, the world, often influenced by Middle Eastern oil money, […]
Yesterday, I encountered an unsavory tweeter on Twitter.com. The hater couched himself as a “human rights activist” while spewing vile lies about Israel and its people. But those of us abreast of the situation in Israel, abroad and the UN know that this is just another thinly-veiled attempt to discredit and demonize the Jewish state. All […]
Like lots of Jewish parents, my husband and I grappled with whether to keep our kids in a synagogue-run school or go public. We made the decision to try public kindergarten after moving to an area where the nearest synagogue school was about half an hour away. There were times that we worried our daughters would feel isolated in […]
Blaming America for all terrorism is about the same as blaming the balloon boy for having morons as parents. Both are ludicrous. Obviously, Hezbollah’s chief, Hassan Nasrallah, is as ignorant as he is delusional because transference is only an option when it comes from the mouth of a credible source. His latest address contained a number of […]
What is it about pro golfer Tiger Woods’ recent car crash that has captivated the world? Is it because he is one of the greatest athletes of all time? Or because he has gone to great lengths to keep his private life private? Is it because tabloids are spreading rumors that he’s involved in a love […]
A dear friend of mine asked my thoughts on the article on emergent Jews posted yesterday on CNN.com. Interesting enough, as a new Jew it wasn’t the article that raised my eyebrows but the 200+comments that followed it. I had to post a comment that accurately reflected my concern over the judgmental comments I read there. Some dogged […]
