The Death of Jewish Idealism?
We should do what is right for one essential reason – we are Jews.
We should do what is right for one essential reason – we are Jews.
In the midst of this war, the seed we planted, which I feared had gone dormant, has begun to flourish.
A talk with Israel Bachar, the newly-arrived Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles.
We in Israel cannot live with the imminent threat of this happening again.
Just because none of us can do everything doesn’t mean that none of us can do anything.
Israel is in ugly combat with barbarians who hide behind civilians. We need to attack and publicly humiliate these cowards and strip them of all pretense of nobility.
“I am letting you know that the Jewish parents at Cornell and the Jewish people all around are not going to be placated by lack of moral clarity and let this continue.”
By bringing Jews of all backgrounds together, the existential crisis coming out of October 7 has reminded us that we are, above all, a people.
The Biden administration’s announcement of ten high-cost Medicare drugs slated for price negotiations reminded me that the program’s part D drug benefit should be termed “Medicare F” for the way it fails seniors like my patient Bill.
A traditional definition of humanitarianism would certainly include access to food, water and medicine. But it would also contain some reference to the prevention of murder, rape, kidnapping, and slaughter of children, women, seniors and babies.