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WHO IS A GREAT NATION?
Once on an airplane I was sitting next to a man from Belgium, and we did our best to converse despite some linguistic problems. Looking at my yarmulke, he determined that I was Jewish, and then he declared: “The Jews … Continue reading →
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CHECK YOUR CALENDAR
Want to know the date of Rosh Hashanah? Check your calendar. You know, the Jewish calendar. If you use one from your local synagogue, or from Bnai Brith, or like the one I have from Jewish War Veterans, it shows … Continue reading →
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VICTORY, DEFEAT AND REGRET
Right after the 6-Day War in 1967, the Israeli humorist Ephraim Kishon published a little book of cartoons called “So Sorry We Won,” satirizing the attitude he saw around him that shied away from anything like triumphalism. Like much of … Continue reading →
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UNITY AND DISTANCE
MATTOS One summer a shliakh — a representative — from Israel was visiting a California camp, and talking with the teenagers there. He told them that they were the people Israel wants. “I dont expect your parents to leave their … Continue reading →
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