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Cobwebs! But a vacuum cleaner won’t help. Neither a Bissell nor a Hoover. Be-cause this is brain fog — cobwebs in the brain. In my case, it’s writer’s block. My Yiddishe Kop (Jewish brain) has nearly shut down. Was it the tryptophan from too much turkey on Thanksgiving? Not likely. That was days ago, and I had no leftovers. I suspect it’s from an ac-cumulation of factors. Last month’s time change. Preparation and planning for multiple holiday events. Trying to decide between pumpkin cheesecake...
(JNS) — Calling U.S. President Donald Trump’s defense of former Fox News host Tucker Carlson “disgusting,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced on the Senate floor on Thursday that he would introduce a resolution condemning antisemitism and white supremacy. The highest-ranking Jewish official in Congress, the senator said that his resolution also would call out Carlson for giving a platform to Holocaust denier and white supremacist Nick Fuentes. He called on his Republican colleagues to “take a clear stand against hatred and...
(JNS) — Denmark’s government on Tuesday unveiled a five-year plan for fighting antisemitism, with a budget of $18 million and which includes the establishment of a new research institute focused on hate crimes and headed by a former leader of Danish Jews. The new national plan, which extends and expands Denmark’s first national plan for fighting antisemitism from 2022, is needed because, “Following Hamas’s terrorist attack in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent war in Gaza, there has been a flare-up in antisemitism in Denmark,...
There are certain topics that make even the boldest dinner guests squirm in their seats. Circumcision tops that list. Just saying the word makes people shift positions. Yet for Jews, it has always been more than a medical procedure — it’s a sacred act, a covenant sealed in flesh. According to the Book of Genesis, God’s command was explicit: “This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised. You shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a si...
