Tag Archives: Orthodox Jews

Of immigrants, education, fighting and mobsters

Posted on August 6, 2026 by Naomi

Long, long, long before my encounter with a classic schoolyard bully, my grandfather Jacob took ship from Paris to Boston. At fourteen years old, he was escaping the strictures of Judaic Orthodoxy — which he had reckoned was unhealthy, especially … Continue reading →

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Is the atmosphere in the US right now like that in 1930’s Germany?

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Naomi

It’s generally understood that a country is not vulnerable to a dictatorial take-over if  its domestic, economic and political climate(s) are in good shape. So I’ve done a bit of research to make a comparison between the United States a … Continue reading →

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The god problem is the war against women problem

Posted on June 24, 2024 by Naomi

“American Jews and Israeli Jews are Headed for a Messy Breakup,” an opinion by Jonathan Weisman in [the January 4, 2019] New York Times, reminded me, yet again, that any “breakup” we should be looking at isn’t between Jews in … Continue reading →

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