Opinion

Rabbi Avi Weiss wrote an excellent article titled “J’Accuse,” meaning “I accuse,” after the words of a courageous writer named Émile Zola, who accused the French of committing a terrible travesty by convicting and imprisoning Jewish French soldier Alfred Dreyfus for treason in 1894. He called for the country to do some introspection regarding the travesty it had wrought upon an innocent Jew.

On Motza’ei Shabbos – Saturday night – a terrible incident happened in the yeshivah of Rechasim, a town just south of Haifa.

In a bill sponsored by Republican Thomas Massie, Congress voted by a margin of 314 to 104 not to embargo arms sales to Israel. Every Republican besides Massie voted against it. Democratic notables such as Nancy Pelosi voted in favor. Disturbingly, Jewish Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who previously had been an Israel supporter, also voted in favor.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

On Sunday morning, we woke up to the shocking news that Senator Lindsey Graham passed away. His office described his passing as due to a sudden but brief illness.

Just a few weeks ago, I wrote an article titled “Still The Best,” in which I extolled President Trump as being the best president for Israel despite his four-lettered conversation with Bibi Netanyahu. I still maintain that today, but admittedly, it is a lot harder to express, given the Memorandum of Understanding just signed with Tehran.