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August 2016

August 05, 2016

Jewish Community: Black Lives Matter No Matter What

I’m going to take a break from my gleeful Trump posts to deal with an...

August 03, 2016

What Scares Trump? Black Votes Matter

Whiny little brat Trump mocked a woman with a crying baby at his rally yesterday...

August 01, 2016

With Trump, Nothing Is “Too Far”

Everywhere that I turn, the media are asking, “Did Trump go too far with his...

July 2016

July 27, 2016

Don’t Like Hillary? How Does “Trump Administration” Sound?

So you don’t like Hillary? She’s too “crooked” for you? The Donald’s tabloidian designation of...

May 2016

May 24, 2016

Republican Jewish Coalition Is Spineless

My previous post about Trump raised the hackles of a couple of members of the...

May 05, 2016

What Do Sheldon Adelson, Stormfront, the KKK, and Louis Farrakhan Have in Common?

I have to say that I’m beginning to understand why evangelical ministers protest about their...

December 2015

December 24, 2015

Schlonged!

Warning: This post contains bad words. Sorry about that. But we’re all adults here and...

October 2015

October 19, 2015

Ben Carson Hates Israel!

Ben Carson speaks with great authority about the Bible. This is in spite of the...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Francis and Kim

I was not planning to write about the visit of the Bishop of Rome, whom...

September 19, 2015

Now ALL the Jews Hate Ann Coulter!

All the Jews are up in arms about Ann Coulter. Liberal Jews, like liberal everyone-elses,...

September 17, 2015

Christian-Jewish Relations in 5776

Let's talk about the state of "Christian-Jewish" relations! For most of the past 2,000 years,...

August 2015

August 22, 2015

J Street U Picks Muslim Leader, Jews Freak Out

The new president of the campus arm of the liberal Zionist organization J Street was elected...

August 20, 2015

340 Rabbis Come out in Support of Iran Deal

September is a busy month for the Jews this year. As is usually usual, the...

August 17, 2015

Iran Deal: Leaders Out of Step with American Jewry

As I wrap up my vacation, it’s time to return to blogging. A few weeks...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Bring on the Disparagement

It’s so much more enjoyable watching the right wing foam at the mouth from this...

June 28, 2015

Jewish Reaction to Gay Marriage Decision

So how has the Jewish community responded to the marriage equality decision? My own Facebook...

June 26, 2015

Personal Reflections on a Great Day

I grew up in Miami in the 1970s. Those were the years when a woman...

June 22, 2015

Terrorist’s Heroes Contributed to GOP Candidates

In his racist manifesto, terrorist and murderer Dylan Roof allegedly cites the Council of Conservative...

June 10, 2015

How to Lose Friends and Alienate Allies

President Obama gave a pretty important interview last week to a major news channel. You...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Guest Post: Dear My Magical Body

It’s just over a week since Todd Akin presented his surprising scientific findings about rape...

March 2012

March 01, 2012

Republican Roundup: Santorum, Kennedy, Romney & Posthumous Conversions

J.J. Goldberg, frequently one of the most sane voices in American Jewish journalism, has a...

February 2012

February 24, 2012

Haters: Same Sex Marriage Is “Fake Marriage”

Over at the Family Research Council, bastion of theologically grounded hatred, Tony Perkins has launched...

February 20, 2012

Rick Santorum, Theologus Bibliae

Rick “Man on Dog Sex” Santorum will never be elected president, but if it’s the...

February 02, 2012

Jewish Values: Left-Wing, Right-Wing & Everything In Between

One of the most interesting Jewish writers around these days is Jay Michaelson. His regular...

January 2012

January 25, 2012

Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho…Onto The Ark We Go!

I just took a few days off to go to Walt Disney World with my...

January 05, 2012

Romney’s & Santorum’s Ron Paul Problem

As you’re undoubtedly aware, most of the Republican candidates have been falling all over each...

January 05, 2012

Homohater Fosser Fram

Once again Iowa has held its ridiculous caucuses allowing a microscopic number of people to...

January 03, 2012

A Rabbi And A Quarterback Walk Into A Political Mess…

Not being much of a follower of the NFL any more, I have not had...

December 2011

December 22, 2011

Romney’s Mormonism Is Worse Than Newt’s Scumbagism?

It seems to me that Mitt Romney is a pretty decent sort of guy. Of...

September 2011

September 20, 2011

Unemployed? It’s All Part Of God’s Plan For You

Another survey about religiosity in America has been released by Baylor University, a Baptist institution...