Monthly Archives: April 2016

TEL AVIV DIARY: APARTHEID IN THE MATERNITY ROOM

I don’t care if this sounds awful, it makes sense to me. When a woman is giving birth, she probably doesn’t want to be cared for by out-groups. Why shouldn’t any mother be able to seek out the care she … Continue reading

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Jews In Trouble

My rebbe says: Perhaps you should go to law school. You could be the Aussie Jimmy McGill. I can totally see you representing drug dealers and yeshiva bachurs in trouble. In fact, that could be your specialty: Jews In Trouble. … Continue reading

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Tabletmag: BERNIE SANDERS WAS ASKED AN ANTI-SEMITIC QUESTION. HERE’S HOW HE SHOULD HAVE ANSWERED.

Yair Rosenberg writes: On Saturday, Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders held an event at the Apollo Theater in New York, in an effort to reach out to his hometown’s minority communities before next week’s presidential primary. At the close, the … Continue reading

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The Stoner Arms Dealers: How Two American Kids Became Big-Time Weapons Traders

There are some eery Jewish themes in here (hustlers, ethnic networking, chutzpah, in-group vs out-group morality). I remember shortly after 9/11, I asked some friends in shul, “How can we as Jews profit from the war on terrorism?” Tabletmag.com: The … Continue reading

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WP: Pro-Trump, anti-Mexican messages chalked on California campus as ‘chalkening’ movement spreads

I find myself reading more stories in the Washington Post these days than in the New York Times (and far more than in the Los Angeles Times). Washington Post: Racist messages were written alongside campaign slogans for presidential candidate Donald … Continue reading

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