Today is actually Martin Luther King’s birthday. (One of the few celebrations that are not muddied by our practice of Monday holidays.) Had MLK not been murdered (and, of course, still alive), he would be turning 95 today. He didn’t even live for 40 years, but he still left a huge imprint upon America,
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The passing of this singer/songwriter brought up a panoply of memories.
Back in 1968, I got special permission to attend (Ok, I was alloweď to also plan the event too) the John F. Kennedy High School’s first senior prom. I wasn’t a member of the class, but might have been had my life been different.
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Here’s a question that routinely vexes me.
Am I an American Jew? Or a Jewish American?
It’s weeks like this past one that pushes me towards a routinely different answer. (I normally can use the flip of the coin to make that choice.) But, after the terror attack by Hamas last week, I know that I am an American Jew.
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Boy, the First of September provided folks my age a double whammy.
Jimmy Buffett died from a rare cancer (Merket cell carcinoma) . And Bill Richardson succumbed soon thereafter that same day.
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Today begins a new Jewish month- the month of Elul. (Actually, it is the last day of Av- but it is a new moon, one that traverses two days. So, the last day of Av and the first day of Elul are celebration as the new moon days.. Also, Elul begins our introspection and review of our lives- so we are ready for the next holidays- The Days of Awe- Rosh Hashana and Yom Kipur (which are in the month of Tishrei).
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One of the most important prayers in the Jewish Lexicon is called the “Shma:.
שמע ישראל ה’ אלו-הנו ה’ אחד
My buddy always laments that his heat pump doesn’t work well when the outside temperature is running cold. That’s because he has what can be called an ancient device (more than a decade old). There have been major improvements in the devices, which is why the recent tax law changes all provided tax credits to install heat pumps. Because now they work over a wide range of temperatures.
Except for the hiatus forced upon my by my hospitalization, I have been sharing my thoughts with you for 13 years now. The blogiversary was 1 June. That’s a long time to be posting my thoughts.
Today is a most auspicious day in history.
June 6, 1944. D-Day.
This was the day where thousands (156,000to be precise) of troops climb sheer cliffs from dawn to dusk (and then some), attempting to establish a toehold on the main European continent. As a means to eradicate the Nazi regime that conquered the continent, establishing antisemitism as a rule of law. This invasion was the largest naval, air, and land invasion in history. It was this endeavor that leto the defeat of the Nazi regime in Europe and the liberation of the citizenry.
It is hard for folks of my age to realize that it was 55 years ago that Martin Luther King give his last speech ever,