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The god problem is the war against women problem
“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
Posted in political campaigns, Politics, The Facts of Life, The god problem, Trumpism, War on women
Tagged Donald Trump, fundamentalism, fundamentalist Jews, Israel, Jonathan Weisman, Messiah, Orthodox Jews, orthodox Judaism, Wailing Wall
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What is the truth about the war? About any war?
My heart bleeds; my head stays calm. That’s the best I can do with reports from this war when the news media is spilling over with information. I react with horror — impartial horror — and then I wonder what … Continue reading
Posted in Propaganda, The Facts of Life, War
Tagged "Blood and Ruins, David Remnick, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Richard Overy, The New Yorker, war
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BTW, did you notice the Taliban are moving into Israel?
How many paragraphs of an August 11 New York Times article on how orthodox Jews are literally pushing women off public transportation did I read before I started yelling? I think I got as far as the excerpt below. Let’s … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged Israel, orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Judaism in Israel, the Taliban
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