Pogroms led many a Jewish family to pick up stakes and head for the ‘goldene medina’ (the “golden land”)- the sobriquet many used to describe the United States. Not much different from the thoughts of those in Central America, subjected to mayhem and kidnapping or murder, those in Syria subject to chemical attacks and barrel bombs from their ‘government’. And are welcomed as readily (i.e., NOT) by American citizenry.
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Whether or not the Declaration of Independence was issued on 4 July 1776, we have decided to codify that date. And, that means we celebrate our freedoms on that day- today. (Thankfully, it is not among those days that Congress, in its infinite wisdom [read as stupidity], elected to move to Mondays, affording a longer weekend.) We celebrate the day with fireworks, with going to the beach, with barbeques, and with get-togethers.
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4th of July! If you are an American, it’s a very special day. We are all supposed to demonstrate patriotic behavior; the dictionary defines this as feeling, expressing, or inspired by love for one’s country. That sounds wonderful doesn’t it?
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