Is paternity leave worth it? I've never really taken it, and don't plan to this time... my wife isn't formally taking maternity leave, either, both because her job depends on being in touch with the markets, and also because it's not really a great deal. Last time, she had to wait to be paid through California's state unemployment compensation fund... which is not great, or at least it wasn't, during COVID.
One positive legacy of COVID is the ease of working from home. That has made balancing parenthood and work life a lot easier for those of us fortunate enough to be able to swing that particular schedule.
Of course, there are days and times you enjoy, and times to take off, and so much to savor in the early days of your baby's life. I'm fully intending to take advantage of all of that -- especially with the Jewish High Holidays arriving.
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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 ...
