I wonder whether they will get a dispensation from the rules against large gatherings, too, because it’s a protest march: Hundreds of members of the Borough Park Orthodox community took to the streets Tuesday night, defying orders to disperse and … Continue reading →
…has very different rules for ultra-Orthodox Jews. Also please see this article for a very full discussion of Cuomo’s press conference. During it, Cuomo used an old photo and said it was new (he used others that purportedly really are … Continue reading →
One of the benefits of YouTube is that it enables us to hear reasonable people talking reasonably about a host of topics that are usually discussed in a manner so unreasonable as to conjure up associations with the world in … Continue reading →
That is, according to Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters. You can read a lot more at the link. I actually saw the accusation early on, long before Waters was spouting it. It was inevitable, was it not? Is there nothing the … Continue reading →
Things getting heated in #Williamsburg #Brooklyn when local resident furious that lock to park was broken to allow children to play. Thousands protest each day with approval of @NYCMayor, but 100 children can't play in a park. pic.twitter.com/yNMxpZfG75 — NYC … Continue reading →
Nothing to see here pic.twitter.com/kJHHgjeRAA — John Cardillo (@johncardillo) April 29, 2020 The genesis of de Blasio’s admonition to “the Jewish community” – a pretty diverse group, and in NYC a fairly large one – was apparently a funeral for … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Years ago I downsized and got rid of a lot of books. But since I’d had a ton of them to begin with, I’ve still got a lot, although nothing like the original number. And of course, I keep … Continue reading →
I’m a bit late with this, but I thought that for yesterday’s Remembrance Day I’d link to a two-part series of mine. I’ve written many posts on the subject of the Holocaust, some of which you can find by doing … Continue reading →
Case in point: University of New Hampshire physics professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein took to Twitter on New Year’s Eve to explain why anti-Semitism is exclusively a “white” problem, and why it is inappropriate to discuss anti-Semitic acts committed by black people. … Continue reading →
The recent increase in anti-Semitic attacks in cities and suburbs in New York and New Jersey perplex the left because it’s hard for them to place in the correct category. Hard, but certainly not impossible – where there’s a will … Continue reading →
Johnson: “To all our Jewish friends, neighbors, and relatives, wherever you are in the world, let me wish you a very happy Hanukah,” said Johnson… …Today, as Britain’s Jews seek to drive back the darkness of resurgent anti-Semitism, you have … Continue reading →
I sometimes reflect on the fact that Hitler nearly succeeded in making Europe Judenfrei. He certainly succeeded in reducing the number of Jews there almost to the vanishing point. But for the ones that remain, the present-day governments in Western … Continue reading →