Happy Hanukkah... or Chanukah (there's no Latin alphabet equivalent for the guttural Hebrew "ch" sound). Today we're going to talk about Israel and all that, but we're also going to chat about Donald Trump.
I'm a somewhat skeptical Trump supporter. When I look at the state of the world, and our bureaucratic morass, I see the need for a strong leader who can cut through the crap and scare the bad guys.
Except...
I'm not sure Trump is focused anymore; he's damaged by January 6 and is obsessed with the 2020 election. I'm not sure he's scary anymore; Biden has weakened the U.S. too much since, anyway.
And I'm not sure Trump's somewhat erratic behavior will be as much of an asset this time. I am more impressed -- flaws and all -- with an even-keeled candidate like Nikki Haley. (Ducks rotten tomato)
So... let's talk!
Special guests:
Rabbi Yaakov Menken - director, Coalition for Jewish Values
Emma-Jo Morris - Breitbart News political editor
France Martel - Breitbart News foreign editor
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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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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 ...
