Last week was incredibly intense, news-wise, with the showdown over the House speakership just one of several stories. We'll be breaking down the meaning of the fight between Kevin McCarthy and the dissidents -- and asking what it means for the Congress ahead, as well as for the 2024 presidential race.
This is a crucial year in world affairs, as well, with the Russia-Ukraine war grinding to a stalemate of sorts, and the crisis at our southern border continuing. President Joe Biden is going to the border -- not just for the first time in his presidency, but also for the first time in his career. We'll discuss.
And finally: a miracle to start the year. Damar Hamlin basically died on the field on Monday night. By Sunday, he was sitting up in a hospital bed, watching his team on TV. In the interim, he had rallied a divided nation to join in prayer -- yes, prayer -- and the NFL players took a knee, for an entirely different reason.
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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 ...
