There is a time when certain words have outlived their usefulness. I believe that “Zionism” is a word whose time has come and gone.
I first discovered a problem with the word some fifty...
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Zionism is dead. Long live Israel
What Is Needed Now
Demonstrations in Israel and the world are urging the return of the hostages and support for Israel war of extermination against Hamas; opposing rallies in the Arab world and around the globe are...
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Whoopi Goldberg is right; so is the ADL
Earlier this year, Whoopi Goldberg said that the Nazi-led genocide known as the Holocaust was “white on white” violence. Her comments that landed her a two-week suspension from “The View.”...
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Against the “Judeo-Christian Tradition”
Some American politicians like to claim that their policies are based on the values of the Judeo-Christian tradition.
For Jews, there are no Judeo-Christian values and the Judeo-Christian...
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Religious Freedom and the Right to Abortion
Roe v. Wade is based on the Supreme Court’s decision that the Constitution includes a right to privacy and thus a woman’s right to determine whether or not she needs an abortion, i.e. what...
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Saving Shavuot
Poor Shavuot! It lacks the kind of home observance—like seders, matza and maror for Pesach; sukkahs, lulavs and etrogs for Sukkot; latkes, gifts and menorahs for Hanukkah—that would endear it to...
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Israel’s “Family Reunification” Law
I’m confused.
The new Israeli government was seeking to extend the 2003 Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, the so-called “Family Reunification Law”, which typically involves an Israeli...
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Thoughts on Turning Seventy
Now that I have completed seventy earth orbits I feel it is time for some reflections.
Seventy years is the start date of the planned obsolescence of the human body, as is stated in Psalm 90:10...
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A Dialogue
LGB
“OK”
LGBT
“OK”
LGBTQ
“OK”
“GQBLT...
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(they/them): Who Gives a S/he/it?
Call me old-fashioned or out-of-step or even reactionary, but I just cannot abide the use of “(they/them)” as the pronoun of choice that is increasingly popular among younger people who do not...
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