It's our first show of the year -- and we're loaded with things to talk about!
We'll discuss the successful election of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), and the imminent certification of President-elect Donald Trump's victory on ... yes, January 6 (that's Monday), along with (ironically) Democrats' efforts to block it.
We'll also talk about the latest events in the Middle East, and the battle of a great friend of Israel and daughter of South Africa, Olga Meshoe Washington.
Special guests:
Nick Gilbertson - Breitbart News political reporter, on the Johnson win
Ken Klukowski - Breitbart News legal editor, on January 6 procedures
Bradley Jaye - Breitbart News Washington correspondent, on Inauguration
Peggy Shapiro - StandWithUs activist, on Olga Meshoe Washington's battle
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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).
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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 ...