Perfected like Ann Coulter…..

Remember a few weeks ago when Ann Coulter taught the world that all would be perfect if Jews accepted Jesus and became “perfected” and if everything was like the Republican National Convention in NY in ‘04?
Leah Kaufman, a senior at Temple University, wrote a funny song about Ann Coulter. Take a look at it on [...]

Shameful and ?antisemitic? behavior by the VA against a Jewish Navy veteran

While researching a memorial day sermon, I came across a blog post by the NJDC Blog, titled “A disturbing report of mistreatment toward Jewish veterans.” (The blog referenced an article in the JTA.)
The JTA reports,
A Jewish Navy veteran accused a Veterans Administration hospital of denying him kosher meals and trying to convert him to Christianity.
The [...]

Upcoming Book to Read

Michael Oren has a new book coming out soon,
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East 1776 to the Present (W. W. Norton & Company, January 15, 2007) “The first comprehensive history of America’s military, political, and intellectual involvement
in the Middle East from George Washington to George W. Bush.
Oren’s website has summaries, comments of [...]

Thoughts on the election…so far

Sitting on my couch and listening to NPR report election results (and cheering more than moaning - thank G-d) my hope for this country is increasing a tad. Maybe this will be real change. Maybe not.
What is Jewish about this post? What is Jewish about caring about elections?   Many things, in my [...]

A sad day that could have been much worse

I woke up this morning to the news of the foiled terror plot in London. Frightening stuff that once again gives us the choice between letting terror and terrorists keep us from living our lives or choosing to add in additional security measures and keep going. I am glad that for the most [...]

Ann Coulter Calls 9-11 Widows Self-Obsessed & Harpies

Columnist Ann Coulter has recently published a new book. In it she calls a group of 9-11 widows "self-obsessed" and acting "as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them." She also writes, "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much," according to The Associated Press.
"And by the way, how do we [...]