By now you probably know that Obama has committed another huge boo-boo: he has managed to outrage the Poles by referring to a Nazi death camp in Poland as a “Polish death camp.” The occasion was some scripted remarks during … Continue reading →
…read this article, and then start reading the comments section.
Continue reading →I was reading the Wiki entry for Penny Marshall, “Laverne” of the TV show “Laverne and Shirley,” when I came across this astounding tidbit: In the 1950s, she grew up in an apartment on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx … Continue reading →
The process of political change, aptly described by Ace: It’s called a paradigm shift. It’s going to seem a little weird and scary at first, but it will also be thrilling and ultimately liberating. A lot of things that have … Continue reading →
Are Israel’s projected demographics changing? And the Israeli Jewish baby boom doesn’t seem to be confined to the religious, either.
Continue reading →…while remaining healthy: have the right genes. The study in the article was on exceedingly old Ashkenazi Jews. But that particular group is no more likely to live past 100 than other groups. It was just a convenient population for … Continue reading →
This article at PJ by Abraham H. Miller concludes that not only is anti-Semitism on the rise, but that it is pushing US Jews to the political right. I’m not at all sure about the second, but I have observed … Continue reading →
The day after the special election to replace Rep. Weiner was won by the Republican Turner over the Democrat Weprin, a few things are clear: (1) A district that is ordinarily 3-1 Democrat went strongly for a Republican candidate, giving … Continue reading →
…here. The race is a close one. Republicans have framed this as a referendum on Obama, and although the Democratic candidate Welpin would ordinarily be highly favored to win, polls have shown him falling behind. Israel is a particular issue … Continue reading →
Here’s another story of political change, this time from Rima Greene, a Jewish leftist feminist lesbian (yep, all four) in San Francisco who woke up to a few realizations [emphasis mine]: When I was part of the Left, I thought … Continue reading →
Today’s Politico has an article that suggests that maybe, just maybe, many of Obama’s Jewish supporters are realizing that he’s not quite what they’d thought he’d be, at least on the subject of Israel. They’re getting into arguments about Obama … Continue reading →
Zombie illustrates that an anti-Semitic cartoon has been pressed into service in the San Francisco fight to ban circumcision. It was only a matter of time. And, lest you think this is some sort of fake, the San Francisco Chronicle … Continue reading →