There are three major news themes this week:
1. Ukraine, where President Joe Biden has managed to edge precariously close to World War III with a series of gaffes -- first on chemical weapons, then on sending U.S. troops into Ukraine, and then on regime change in Russia;
2. The confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, which may be in jeopardy after she stumbled in explaining her lenient sentences for child pornography offenders, and could not provide a definition of the word "woman";
3. Inflation, which continues to grow worse, as state governments pledge cash rebates for rising gas prices and Biden has no solutions to offer, other than allowing the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates slowly -- perhaps too slowly.
We'll discuss it all, with special guests:
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach -- on Ukraine and the human rights challenge
Alan Dershowitz -- on Ketanji Brown Jackson
Jessica Vaugn -- on inflation, the economy, and the ongoing culture war
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This week's show will be slightly different from the norm: we'll focus on clips and topics, rather than guests -- and that, hopefully, will mean more input from the callers (unless you are all watching football on opening weekend).
Topics:
- The state of the economy
- The fight against crime
- The midterm election fight
- The struggle for peace between Russia and Ukraine
- The airstrike on the Venezuelan drug cartel
- The attempt to sink Kennedy
- The war in Gaza
- The case against Harvard
- The Trump presidency
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Call: 866-957-2874
This week's Torah portion includes several laws about conduct in civic and personal life, the common theme of which is boundaries -- setting bounds to what one may do at home, at work, and even in the battlefield.
One noteworthy passage concerns Amalek, the evil nation that attacked the Children of Israel as they made their Exodus from slavery to freedom. Deuteronomy 25:17-19 commands Jews to obliterate Amalek's memory.
The South African government accused Israel of genocide on the basis of a story about Amalek in the Book of Samuel, in which King Saul was commanded to wipe out the entire evil Amalekite nation.
Because Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quoted this week's portion -- "Remember what Amalek did to you" (25:17), the South African government claimed he was commanding soldiers to commit genocide.
It was an absurd and malevolent misreading of the Bible and of Jewish tradition. The commandment, as observed by Jews today, is to remember the evil of Amalek and fight ...
