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This is a short, mainly prose, contrived stitching together of Jeremiah passages. They were selected by later rabbis  as an example of a tirade against the nation of Judah’s corruption shortly before its downfall by Babylon (586 BCE). [Irv Jacobs, M.D.]

MAZON: The Jewish Response to Hunger, on Monday applauded the confirmation of Rep. Deb Haaland, a member of the Laguna Pueblo, to be U.S. Interior Secretary, the first Native American to hold the post.  Also, on Monday, President Joe Biden announced he is nominating Jamie Simms Hipp, a member of the Chickasaw Nation and CEO of the Native American Agriculture Fund, to serve as general counsel for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [Donald H. Harrison]

The Secure Community Network (SCN), as the official safety and security organization of The Jewish Federations of North America and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, has sent an alert to several thousand security directors, liaisons and heads of organizations and facilities, warning them to be vigilant as they begin to reopen their facilities. [Secure Community Network press release]

Slingshot, an organization that engages young Jewish philanthropists to make lasting impact, has announced its 2021 “10 to Watch” list that highlights young organizations and projects in North America that are responding to current and timely needs in the Jewish community and beyond. Nicole Nevarez, national director of the San Diego-based  Ta’amod: Stand Up! commented that her organization is proud to be included, along with nine other up-and-coming initiatives.[Press Release from Ta’amod: Stand Up!}

This short Haftorah’s connection to the Torah reading is that it rails against Egypt as a failed ally, while the earlier Torah’s message outlines Moses’ first seven plagues against Egypt, also which failed. It is from the writings of the prophet Ezekiel, a controversial personality different from the other prophets. His writings and images are also clearly much different from other prophets. His key visions are so fantastic, that many if not most, moderns, both Biblical scholars and physicians, suggest they were hallucinations which a psychiatrist today might attribute to psychosis. [Irv Jacobs, M.D.]

The assault on the U.S. Capitol is being compared to the murders of John Kennedy and Martin Luther King, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and the string of riots from Black Lives Matter and other sources against police attacks on Blacks. And this by Israeli media that have long noted that Donald Trump has done more for Israel than other US Presidents. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]

Washington (AFP) – President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence meet on Monday for the first time since rioters stormed the US Capitol, signaling a united front as Democratic efforts to impeach Trump gain momentum. The meeting in the Oval Office — described as “a good conversation” by a senior official — came ahead of