OpEd: West Must Stand Up to Totalitarian Governments

I believe that Western governments’ strategy of restraint and “fairness” when dealing with Iran, Russia, etcetera, are like taking a knife to a gun fight. That strategy doesn’t work with non-democratic countries, which are unconcerned with the welfare of their citizens. For them, it’s all about the mission of the ruling class. Iran, Russia, China, North Korea – none of them respect restraint or fairness. That type of soft policy only engenders a loss of respect for those countries that espouse it. [Steve Kramer]

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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA

Novel Relates Tangled Lives of Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivor, Neo-Nazi

“Games We Played” is about people, specifically the two main characters, who have psychological and sexual hangups and issues which complicate their lives, as well as those of the people around them. The chapters are written from the viewpoints of the two main characters, Rachel, now an actress in the New York area, and Stephen, a rather mixed-up young man and military drop-out, living in California. As children Rachel and Stephen lived near one another and played together, though their games sometimes involved some kind of sexual element. In addition, Stephen had been indoctrinated with neo-Nazi ideology by his grandfather, with whom Stephen and his mother lived, and this penetrated their childhood games. Rachel had what was seemingly a normal family, with a psychiatrist father and home-maker mother. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Murder of Yeshiva Student Highlights Need for Gun Control

When Shmuel Silverberg, 18, was shot outside Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Denver’s West Colfax neighborhood on Tuesday, Aug. 17, his assailants were not satisfied. Silverberg ran away from them, and they chased him just inside the school where fellow students tried to perform CPR on him. Silverberg, who was studying at the religious school as a post-high school student from Cleveland, was rushed to the hospital, where he died, according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, USA

Haftorah Reading for August 28, 2021

 These strong poetic lines extracted from the Book of Isaiah are attributed to Isaiah III, again a composite figure. They were written in Judea, to coincide in setting to the era of post-return and the rebuilding of an early incomplete version of the second Temple, c. 480-450 BCE. The writer(s) expresses these verses under a repeated imagery of light. We don’t know actually when they were written/edited, which might have been years later. [Irv Jacobs, M.D.]

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Irv Jacobs, MD, Jewish Religion

Michael Kesler, Holocaust Survivor and Author

Michael Kesler, Ph.D, died August 23, 2021 from advanced Parkinsons disease at the age of 97, surrounded by family at his home in East Brunswick, NJ. Born in Dubno, Poland (now Ukraine), Michael and his sister Luba fled their family home to escape the Nazis. They wandered through 3,000 miles to Uzbekistan. During four years, they suffered yet persevered in their quest to survive. [Kesler Family]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Monica Lewinsky Recounts Fallout From Bill Clinton Affair: ‘Ten Years On, I Still Couldn’t Get A Job’

Published by OK Magazine Monica Lewinsky is reflecting on the fallout after her bombshell affair with former President Bill Clinton was exposed. The brunette was only 22-years-old when her whole world changed after she entered into an affair with the then-most powerful man in the world. “You go to bed one night a private person,

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Jewish Celebrities

Pandemic Postcard Messages, 1918-1920

The Jewish Welfare Board was created on April 9, 1917, three days after the U.S. declared war on Germany. It wanted to provide services to Jewish troops similar to what Catholic servicemen received from the Knights of Columbus and Protestants from the YMCA. In 1919, after the war was over, the JWB printed tens of thousands of these reassuring cards depicting a grinning doughboy and distributed them to servicemen to send to family and friends. [Oliver B. Pollak, Ph.D]

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Jewish History, Lifestyles, Oliver Pollak, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

The Anti-BDS Fights on North American Campuses

Just because most colleges and universities have been on at least a partial pandemic shut down this past year doesn’t mean that BDS forces have lost any of their vitriol. Or that they’ve given up on pillorying the Jewish state and, all too often, the Jewish people as well. Among those fanning the anti-Israel flames this past year: [JNS.org]

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Larry Davis Yells At Alan Dershowitz At Martha’s Vineyard Grocery Store

Published by uInterview.com Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David confronted attorney Alan Dershowitz about his ties to the Trump administration at a grocery store in Martha’s Vineyard last week. Dershowitz told David that they could talk about the situation. To that, David responded by reportedly yelling, “No. No. We really can’t. I saw you. I saw

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Jewish Celebrities

Barry Manilow Cuts Off Central Park Concert Due To Impending Storm

Published by uInterview.com Barry Manilow was cut off mid-song at the New York City Homecoming concert in Central Park on Saturday evening, as severe weather concerns sent more than 60,000 attendees home early. The singer had been performing his 1978 hit “Can’t Smile Without You” when a voice came over the speakers telling audience members:

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