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24 Nov

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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "THOUGH IT MAY BE PREMATURE, AND THOUGH SOMEHOW THE DEMOCRATS KEPT FOREIGN POLICY FROM BEING DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGN, THE MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY OF A US PRESIDENT IS FOREIGN POLICY AND THE DEFENSE OF THE NATION."
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So, what could we expect in the way of Foreign Policy from the Biden/Harris Administration ?
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A. China. The Chinese Government has made it very clear that the election of Joe Biden is a priority for them, & as a way to stop Trump’s efforts to change the relationship between the two giant countries.
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24 Nov

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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "THE QUESTION OF RACISM

When I was very young, maybe age 5 or 6, I tried to find an answer to a question that I noticed when going with my father to see one of his clients who owned a bar.
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The bar was filled with men who happened to be Black and the owner was Black as well. While I was waiting and drinking a coke, I heard one of the customers make a joke which I did not understand about the owner using a White accountant and some of the men laughed.
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Now, almost 68 years later, I still ask the same question. What does one gain by being concerned about the race of others? By judging people by color?
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23 Nov

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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "THERE IS AN OLD BELIEF THAT LEADERSHIP MEANS LEADING BY EXAMPLE, DESPOTISM MEANS THE LEADER DICTATING WHAT OTHERS DO, THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO HIMSELF AND HIS ASSOCIATES.
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I could take Governor Cuomo and Governer Newsom, and the rest of the politicians and political functionaries more seriously, if they led by example, and were not like the old Marie Antionette reference about the poor and angry. "let them eat cake".
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Let The Governors who want shutdowns, shut down themselves, forgo their salaries, and stay home.

Maybe then they would try to understand the science and act accordingly, instead of thinking they are big shots for whom the law and the rules do not apply."
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23 Nov

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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "JUST AN OBSERVATION:

This latest American Election Campaign has really redefined the two major parties more than any previous election campaign.
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The Democratic Party is now the party of the Billionaires and the Multinational Special Interests, though it tries to appear as the party of progressives, the "progressive" rhetoric is simple the tool of those who want centralized control and government from the top down.
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The Republican party has become the party of the workers, of the middle class, and the party that puts the interests of Americans first - which is something all countries do."
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20 Nov

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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "HA’ARETZ PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE BY JOHNATHAN TOBIN ABOUT THE DIVIDE IN THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMUNITY BROUGHT ABOUT BY AMERICAN POLITICS.
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İt was basically a quite good article. I question one point made by Tobin, and another part of what he wrote needs a further look.
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A. Tobin assumes that Jews overwhelmingly voted for Biden, based on some informal surveys. The 60-77 % figure he used comes from surveys done based on membership lists, & membership list use heavily weighs results to over representation of Reform and liberal Jews.
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20 Nov

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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote,
SHABBAT SHALOM

Parsha Toldot
Genesis 25:19–28:9

Parsha Toldot is really a drama between two brothers and allegorically between two peoples and two approaches to defining civilization and it is a story that is repeated throughout history.
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There are lots of interpretations of the relationship between Jacob and Esau. One can look simply at the history as illuminated by the archeological evidence. One can interpret the story as Christians have since the writings of Paul.
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One can interpret it as the struggle between Jews and Rome as did our sages in the Jerusalem Talmud whose more recent history was filled with that ideological and physical conflict.
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