We'll talk about the ongoing war in the Middle East -- and the political war for the White House in 2024. Recent polls show Trump leading in swing states, and Democrats are starting to worry -- a lot.
Should Israel continue to defy the Biden Administration on a "pause"? Should Jews in the U.S. start buying (more) guns for self-defense? What's the threat of antisemitism on the left -- and right?
We'll break it all down -- and mark one year until Election Day 2024.
Special guests:
Lee Smith - author and analysts, on antisemitism on the right
Heather Johnston - U.S.-Israel Education Association
Doris Wise Montrose - founder of "Jews Can Shoot" gun organization
E.J. Morris (tentative) - Breitbart News political editor
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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 ...