The Cubs Will Win the Series before ObamaCare Enrolls Enough Members

Posted on: November 12th, 2013

The scary part is that the uninsured are not showing up.

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The Obama Purchase

Posted on: November 12th, 2013

Obama is a self-centered, arrogant, and quite probably megalomaniacal and narcissistic -- and possibly sociopathic -- jerk.

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Germany: Greatest Double Robbery in the History of Art?

Posted on: November 11th, 2013

"I find it shocking they won't list everything they've found." — Lawrence Kaye, Art Lawyer, New York.

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Superstition

Posted on: November 10th, 2013

if you call it “kabbalah” you are guaranteed a whole legion more of suckers.

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A Munich Pact All Over Again

Posted on: November 10th, 2013

In the Middle East, as in Europe of the late 30’s, the drums of war will keep on beating.

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Abuja’s Gihon Synagogue Leaders Reflect on Rhode Island Visit

Posted on: November 10th, 2013

There are some 3,000 members of the Igbo ethnic group practicing Judaism in Nigeria.

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Light in Dark Times

Posted on: November 7th, 2013

Bad things happen, and when they do, the leader must take the strain so that others can sleep easily in their beds.

Financing Mideast Flames on a Burned-Out Budget

Posted on: November 7th, 2013

Under a sliding scale, carefully articulated in the Law of the Prisoner, the more heinous the act of terrorism, the longer the prison sentence, the higher the salary.

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Sending Jewish Assets To Iraq

Posted on: November 6th, 2013

A plan by the State Department to transfer to Iraq 2,700 ancient artifacts and thousands of records that belonged to the Iraqi Jewish community but were seized by Saddam Hussein in 1984 has ignited an international firestorm.

Teaching Students, Not Subjects

Posted on: November 6th, 2013

If a teacher thinks his task is merely “to teach” – that it is no great thing to teach, that “anybody can do that” -- he must immediately be set straight.

Destruction in Bat Ayin

Posted on: November 6th, 2013

Since I made aliyah with my family only about ten weeks ago, I don’t yet have the lexicon to describe what happened this morning.

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The Land of Milk from the Happiest Cows

Posted on: November 5th, 2013

A typical cow produces 70-80 pounds of milk daily while the Israeli cow makes 100 pounds!

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The Rat Race

Posted on: November 5th, 2013

We are brought into this confusing, fascinating, infuriating world for such a short amount of time, and it’s our mission to accomplish what we can for the several decades we are allotted.

The Oslo Accord Reality Check

Posted on: November 5th, 2013

The Oslo Accord state of mind, and the new Middle East vision, have been trounced by the Arab Tsunami.

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Holocaust Remembrance: New Tool for Antisemitism?

Posted on: November 4th, 2013

"It appears that the suffering of the Jews has not transformed their view on how others should be treated." — David Ward, British MP.

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Legalizing Pot

Posted on: November 1st, 2013

I strongly believe in legalizing drugs, soft and hard, but I am wary of drugs of any kind.

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Britain: ‘A World Capital for Islamic Finance’

Posted on: October 31st, 2013

"I want London to stand alongside Dubai and Kuala Lumpur as one of the great capitals of Islamic finance anywhere in the world." — David Cameron, Prime Minister, Great Britain.

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‘Because It Says So in the Tow-raw!’

Posted on: October 31st, 2013

Mrs. Cohen displayed that simple, unquestioning, adamant adherence to Torah-true Judaism that typifies many of our German-Jewish brethren.

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Fatherless and Leaderless

Posted on: October 31st, 2013

A tribute to Rav Ovadia Yosef on his Shloshim.

Nothing Legitimate about Antisemitic Slur

Posted on: October 31st, 2013

As frustrating as it may be for Israel’s critics, support for Zionism is baked into the DNA of American politics.

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