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Animal Instincts

You don’t have to go on safari to witness American political animals in their natural habitat.  And let me tell you, it isn’t uplifting and inspiring.  It isn’t pure.  It is sordid.  

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baseball

Head Spinning Haters

I don’t know about my fellow Jewish Americans, but this past week felt a lot like Chanukah in July, with my head spinning like a turbo-charged dreidel.

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journalism

Fade to Black

In the words of a famous TV star, “Ruh-roh.” My media friends, the tribe has spoken and it’s time to go.

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City University

High-Fiving Haters

The Biden administration just released a 60 page strategy for combatting anti-Semitism.  It’s something no other administration has ever done.  That should clear up once and for all, any ambiguity around what constitutes hatred of Jews.  Right?  Wrong.

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foreign affairs

Soul Searching

I had to go to Israel on the 75th anniversary of its independence, to search for Israel’s essence, its soul.

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Local Politics

My Three Clowns

New York was the clown capital of the United States of America in the past few weeks.  There was plenty of buffoonery but the circus stunts we saw weren’t comical, they were political.

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