Opinion

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.

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.

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.

So, a meeting consisting of Mayor Mamdani and some chasidic leaders is to take place soon. Yes, this is the mayor who declined to criticize the concept of “Globalize the Intifada,” who took little action against protesters outside a Manhattan synagogue, who hosted at Gracie Mansion Mahmoud Khalil, the infamous anti-Israel and pro-Hamas agitator, who had nothing to say about a Quds rally this week in Manhattan in which they chanted, “Say it loud and say it clear: we support Hamas over here,” and the same thing was said of Hezbollah – both acknowledged terrorist organizations. Yes, this is the same mayor whose wife liked social media posts in which the October 7 atrocities were described.

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.

In what can only be described as hilarious, there was an exchange a few nights ago between Democratic Senator Adam Schiff and comedian host Bill Maher.