Opinion 1: @Likud_Party needs to take several seats (metaphorically, not electorally) and its social media team should reevaluate what it's doing and what it's trying to do.
In real democracies, it's possible for longtime leaders to lose elections legitimately.
Opinion 2: I don't have a problem complaining that a politician broke a campaign promise. I do have a problem when the complaint comes from a party that does so on the regular.
Opinion 3: All political parties, without exception, would be much better off if they approached political failures and losses by introspectively thinking about why they failed and what they can change to improve in the future rather than whining about the other side.
Opinion 4: In politics, you either walk away the hero or try holding on to power long enough to see yourself become the villain
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1. Aren't tax returns supposed to be private? And shouldn't the release of personal information register as just a *little* bit concerning? 2. I see we're still having trouble understanding how private equity works. propublica.org/article/the-se…
2. The "wealth" being discussed isn't a Scrooge McDuck money bin, but the percentage of ownership in companies whose wealth is determined by the market. Which means this "wealth" 1. Is "on paper" 2. Has no theoretical ceiling 3. Isn't a collective resource such that others lost
3. If you don't want Buffet, Bezos, etc. to have so much wealth, simply convince people to sell their stock in the companies they own at a lower value (and ensure others don't start buying it up).
100% agreed. In its heyday, Aronson was responsible for publishing some wonderful volumes on Jewish scholarship, several of which I'm fortunate to own.
Other publishers have picked up some slack, but Aronson filled a particular niche that I don't think has been replicated.
One of my favorites is Who's Who in the Talmud. While it has some errors in citations, it's the most comprehensive single-volume I know of documenting the personalities of rabbinic Judaism amazon.com/Whos-Who-Talmu…
Another favorite is Shoshana Zolty's And All Your Children Shall Be Learned: Women and the Study of the Torah in Jewish Law and History amazon.com/All-Your-Child…
For another data point where antisemitism is lumped with other identity hate w/o standing on its own, compare Congress' recent resolution against antisemitism: congress.gov/bill/116th-con…
1. The rabbinic tradition explicitly excludes non-Jews from "neighbor" 2. Lorberbaum's link to tzelem elokim at *best* applies to R. Akiva exclusively and is by no means a universal 3. The actions of these Jews and those who have committed actual violence are still deplorable
Opinion: I'm very much not a fan of popular Jewish books that print the body in English and the footnotes in Hebrew.
On one hand, I appreciate the position that someone who can't read the Hebrew footnotes isn't in a position to double-check or judge the author. At the same time, I see this attitude more reflects an appeal to the author's authority rather than a desire to educate.
Furthermore, I've found that when religious figures target an audience knowing they cannot or will not double-check the sources in the original, it is much easier for them to engage in all sorts of intellectual dishonesty.
Opinion: Independent of specific policies, how Netanyahu has handled party and national leadership is disqualifying. An honorable leader would care more about the mission than himself and step aside for the greater good. 1/
Even w/in his own Likud party, rather than grooming successors to take over, he hobbled any possible challenger and actively impeded the development of potential future leaders. It's hard not to conclude these are the actions of a leader more concerned w/himself than the cause 2/
For comparison, company boards and CEOs who care about the longevity of the corp set up succession plans in advance. And for all the talk about, "King Bibi," even monarchs concern themselves with succession and the future of the nation after they're gone 3/