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Rocking Jerusalem of Gold outside the walls of the old city corrected video A few weeks ago I wrote a piece about Haredi violence at a Bat Mitzvah ceremony at the Western wall. I received a significant number of comments from readers bemoaning Jewish hate and intolerance directed at Jews…

Many of you are probably somewhat familiar with the problems that have occurred at the egalitarian service at the Southern Wall in…

Talking to the dead July 12 2022 Today is the 16th anniversary my father’s death, known in Judaism as a Yahrzeit. Last night we convened a minyan in Whistler British Columbia so I could say Kaddish. It wasn’t easy but we ended up with 11 people. The last minyan in…

The lying behind the end of Roe v. Wade — Liar Liar Supreme Court on Fire Like many people this week I am disturbed by the supreme court’s ruling on Roe v. Wade. But there is something else that disturbs me much more than the final ruling. While I may not agree with it, there is a legal argument to…

This Saturday night as soon as Shabbat ends, we begin a very special celebration in the Jewish world. Some very few (those with Plotkin blood) will celebrate my Jewish birthday, while the many will observe the birthday of the Torah. It was on the sixth of Sivan standing at the…

A Jewish reaction to the end of Roe v. Wade — I am not a lawyer, nor do I pay one on tv, though I am married to one which means if I need legal work I pay full retail at some other firm, however, she is a real good source for explaining legal matters to me. I am a Jew…

Who Knew there was a Jewish Trophy? —

Ukraine and my garden — We have all heard of the expression, “It is a sign from God…” Things happen to us that are extraordinary, unexplainable, or just so incongruous to our lives that we feel the need to give them meaning. Sometimes they can be for frivolous things. You are driving to a racetrack…

Your life may depend on it. In 1894 Captain Alfred Dreyfus was framed and found guilty of treason for spying for Germany and sentenced to prison on Devil’s Island. Dreyfus was an assimilated Jew, and a career officer in the French army. …