Unfortunately, the past six or seven years has seen antisemitism become rampant across America- and the rest of the world.
Continue reading Anti-Semitism at Work, America, and the World
It’s been two years.
Anti-Otherism has gotten permission from TheDonald and is running rampant across the USA.
Continue reading A Sad Anniversary
Given that yesterday was Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israeli Independence Day, it’s probably a good time to talk about anti-Semitism, and its new masquerade- Anti-Zionism. (You do realize that Anti-Semitism is the oldest anti-otherism among our civilizations.) Especially, since the murder by the American terrorist in Poway has faded from memory somewhat.
Continue reading Anti-Otherism
Yes, I know today is only the 29th day of April. Which means there’s two more days until the 1rst of May.
Continue reading Mayday! Mayday!
Ah, DC. The Capital of the United States of America.
Where local rule is a fiction. Because for years it has been a majority minority city. It has always been a reliable Democratic Party bastion. (In the DC-MD-VA region, the only place that provides a more reliable Democratic voting record is Alexandria, where I live.)
Continue reading DC Politics. Not politic.
Saturday night starts a great holiday for me- Purim. (Purim means “Lots”- as in the lottery. But, it was only after a few twists and turns that we managed to eke out a win with this lottery.) My family tradition adds on a second day- Shushan Purim, the name for the second day; most Ashkenazi Jews rarely celebrate it- for them, it’s a one day holiday.
Continue reading Tomorrow Night… What a night!
Yes, the title is a charged statement. On purpose.
Let me start out by saying we all have biases. It’s what we do with them- or about them- that makes all the difference in the world.
Continue reading The Deplorables
I grew up hearing my grandfather call today “Decoration Day”. And, it was today. The 30th of May. Not the “If it’s Monday, we need a holiday” version we seem to employ nowadays.
Do you remember the commercials that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) used to run on television? Well, the behavior they deplored has been going on around the world for millennia.
ADL Commercials of old
Continue reading The Sins of the Fathers
