Trump returned to Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of the attempted assassination in July, and we are into the home stretch of this campaign. Hard to believe, but this is it. And Harris and Walz are... doing more TV interviews, all of a sudden?
Yes... Walz even went on Fox News this morning. Harris is doing Howard Stern on Tuesday, which is not exactly hostile territory... and Walz is doing Kimmel. Oddly, they are not spending time in swing states, but New York and California.
We'll also be looking ahead at the anniversary of October 7 and what it means for Israel and the U.S., as the Biden administration struggles to figure out what to do about an aggressive Iran that has already fired missiles at Israel twice.
Finally, we'll be talking to my former Breitbart News colleague Michelle Moons, who went on to become a White House staffer, and has taken the initiative and is registering Arab American voters. That's the theme: everyone's stepping up.
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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.
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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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