This is an old game of ours, thepost-holiday auditing of the rabbi\’s performance, commentingcaustically about who was chosen to open and close the ark, to do aspecial reading or carry the Torah scrolls. I knew he expected me to engage with him.\n\nThis year, I wasn\’t playing.
Rob Eshman caught the mood of frustration and concern that was evident at Jerry Bubis\’ home at a recent meeting of our local Peace Now leadership. This concern is born of the destructive strategies and tactics of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. With the change in election laws it is likely that Netanyahu will be in power for another three years. He has been called Israel\’s Teflon prime minister because so little of the accusations of sleaze, misjudgment and actions just this side of criminal sticks to him.\n
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