I realize my last entry was about how to stay sane. I'm not exactly an expert in that department this week, despite the post. I have been very upset for the last 24 hours. I think what set me off was the fact that so many students were rallying for "Palestine" just days after the representatives of "Palestine" committed mass murder and more.
On the first day, I was angry, emotional, and confused. On the second day, I was able to focus and to work. Same on the second and third. By the fourth I was feeling a little guilty about not feeling totally paralyzed, as other people were (and are). And then the fifth day... maybe it was fatigue or something as well. Emotional, physical.
I'm doing better now -- getting ready for the Sabbath. I'll be online. The week has flown by, mostly for bad reasons. I'm grateful to the friends who checked in with me -- you made me feel better than I have been able to convey -- and to the company for which I work. Most of all, I'm grateful to the men and women of the IDF.
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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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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 ...
