The Israeli media has decided that Netanyahu’s trip to America is a failure. According to press reports, he extended his stay and canceled other meetings to engage in two hearings with Obama directly and late night conferences with Administration staff until 2 am. All which produced no joint statement, no photo op.
In the words of [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Weisglass sees the changes in American Jewry, why won’t Bibi?
March 25th, 2010 Filed under: Israel and Politics. 0 Comments
From the AIPAC conference: Alan Dershowitz vs. Hadar Susskind
Alan Dershowitz, once one of the salient minds of the Jewish community, is becoming the cranky old man of the pro-Israel right. His cache as defender of Israel has carried him far into prestige…but he’s not the sharp mind of his youth anymore. In this video, Dershowitz interrupts a Haaretz interview with Hadar Susskind, J [...]
March 22nd, 2010 Filed under: Israel and Politics. 3 Comments
J Street Leadership Summit
J Street Leadership Summit, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18.
I spent the earlier part of the week in DC at the White House, the Capital Building and the DNC for the leadership summit. Back soon.
March 19th, 2010 Filed under: General. 0 Comments
R2-D2 + Divinity = Win
This cute blasphemy courtesy of the awesome web comic of math, nerdom and romance xkcd.com. Hat tip to the Google Buzz feeds of David A.M. Wilensky and Drew Cohen.
March 3rd, 2010 Filed under: Humor and Judaism. 1 Comment
Tefillah punctuation experiments: the Shma
The Torah scroll contains no punctuation marks, not even periods. There are no lower case letters. Or are there no capital letters? Ostensibly, the entire Five Books of Moses is one single sentence. A single period or comma alters the flow and intent. What are we actually saying when when we speak Judaism’s most central [...]
March 2nd, 2010 Filed under: Judaism. 0 Comments
