Welcome to summer! I'll have a Little League update that you are not going to want to miss! And beyond that... the "very fine people" hoax is officially dead! Just in time for the first presidential debate! Is that a coincidence? Hmmm...
We'll look ahead to the debate -- and to what promises to be an exciting week at the Supreme Court, with many important decisions coming down in the last week of the term. Plus there's the Hunter Biden verdict -- and appeal...
We'll have two special guests who are active on Israel -- one is musician John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting), a genius who has led the way among artists in rallying support for Israel after October 7. And Anne Herzberg of NGO Monitor will tell us who's really behind the wave of Biden anti-Israel sanctions.
Plus another exciting edition of the Trumpian Virtues -- this time, focusing on "Tenacity," which has been in the news lately as a pull for black voters...
Special guests
Wren Williams - Virginia state delegate, on the Hunter Biden verdict
Ken Klukowski - Breitbart News legal editor, on SCOTUS and the debate
John Ondrasik - Five for Fighting, on his music and support for Israel
Anne Herzberg - Legal advisor and UN rep., on anti-Israel sanctions
Emma-Jo Morris - Breitbart News political editor, on the upcoming debate
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This is my first broadcast from the new office and studio in Washington, DC, where I'll be for a couple of years my neighborhood back in L.A. cleans up -- and as we follow the Trump administration from a little closer up than usual.
Topics:
- The anniversary of the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump
- The escalating tariff battle with various different trading partners
- The future of the Middle East peace talks, and ongoing antisemitism
- The Jeffrey Epstein files and whether they mean anything at all
- The continued crisis of the Texas floods, and stories of heroism and survival
And more!
Special guests:
- James Rosen - Newsmax chief Washington correspondent
- Bob Price - Breitbart News Texas reporter, on the ongoing floods
- Robert Cahill - Trafalgar Polling, on a new alliance of reliable pollsters
- Rabbi Yaakov Menken - Coalition for Jewish Values - on Israel & antisemitism
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This week’s portion tells the grand story of the prophet who tried to curse people of Israel and instead ended up blessing them.
I am reminded that these portions continue to be relevant anew, as this particular reading lent the title for Israel’s recent 12 Day War against Iran, “Operation Rising Lion.”
This week's portion includes the commandment of the red heifer -- one of the classic "irrational" commandments whose fulfillment is an expression of faith. It also includes the regrettable episode in which Moses strikes the rock.
I referred to this story in a wedding speech last night. Why was Moses punished for striking the rock in Numbers, when he struck the rock without incident in Exodus -- both for the purpose of providing water to the people?
The answer is that in the interim, the Jewish people had received the Torah, which is like the marriage contract between the people of Israel and God. In a marriage, you do not resolve things by breaking boundaries, but through love.
The additional reading, from Judges Chapter 11, is the story of Jephthah (Yiftach), a man whom the leaders spurn, but to whom they must turn to save the nation. The parallels to our present political circumstances are striking.
Shabbat Shalom and Happy Fourth of July!
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