Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community These images coming out of France earlier this week should be seen by every single New Yorker, as...
Approximately 13 years ago, I wrote my first article for the Queens Jewish Link, and it was titled “Baby Fingers.” I return to the topic because the issue with baby fingers continues to bother me.
Last week, the Israeli Supreme Court issued a draconian ruling that those who are eligible to serve in the army but refuse to do so will be subject to cuts in government funding. The cuts include rent subsidies, childcare, after-school programs, and some food subsidies. This comes on the heels of a justice of the Supreme Court being heard stating on an open mic to his colleagues that we must dismantle the Torah world.
Truthfully, I never understood how faithful Catholics wait with anticipation for the pope to deliver his homily on December 25 and on Easter. Almost all popes deliver the same message: all kinds of platitudes about the necessity for peace and for man to stop waging war. Occasionally, they will talk about materialism as well. There really is nothing of substance.
Mother’s Day. A day for remembering to appreciate Mom. We send flowers, balloons, cards, and take her out to dinner.
Alex Sinclair, a British-born writer and educator, was sitting in a café in central Israel minding his own business. Except that his own business bothered the police.
What do all these things have in common? They all represent rabid anti-Semitism with nothing done about it.
