Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Every week they add a new letter.
LGBTIQA+. Yesterday morning, they added an “I” today.
Why not include more groups that have experienced or are experiencing discrimination by someone?
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Add a “J” for Jews, as antisemitism has been growing on the streets and in institutions.
Add a “C” for Catholics, as Catholic churches have been attacked and Catholic values ridiculed.
Add an “M” for all the negativity toward men.
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Add an “E” for all the Evangelicals who are ridiculed by the New York–based media.
And add an “H” for all those who have some Spanish ancestry and who seem to have been relegated to a helpless minority by the elites of New York and Los Angeles.
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Or we can drop all of this and start treating everyone fairly in everyday life."
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The people of Israel are called upon to contribute thirteen materials—gold, silver, and copper; blue-, purple-, and red-dyed wool; flax; goat hair; animal skins; wood; olive oil; spices; and gems—out of which HaShem says to Moshe,
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'They shall make for Me a Sanctuary, and I shall dwell amidst them.'
On the summit of Mount Sinai, Moshe is given detailed instructions on how to construct this dwelling for HaShem so that it can be easily dismantled, transported, and
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Steve Bannon’s fall from “chief strategist” to isolated agitator is not just a story of palace intrigue; it is a case study in how one man’s hunger for power, jealousy, and moral emptiness collided with the loyalty and
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discipline of Jared and Ivanka Kushner and President Donald Trump.
The Civil War Inside the West Wing
When Donald Trump entered the White House in 2017, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump stepped into unprecedented roles:
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family members turned senior advisers, carrying both political weight and personal responsibility for the success of the presidency. Steve Bannon, by contrast, arrived as the self-styled architect of a nationalist revolution, convinced the populist brand was his to control.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "The Reality of State and City Debt
There is a handful of US states and large cities with so much debt that, unless they act to reduce it soon, we will see tragedy.
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The States: California, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Kentucky. The Cities: New York, San Francisco, Chicago.
You see, when one is in debt, there are limited ways to handle that debt.
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One can increase income, decrease expenses, or defer debt to a future point in time through alternate debt. That is true of individuals, families, or government.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Some More Thoughts on the Saying ‘A Land of Milk and Honey’”
It starts with understanding the purpose of Torah. Torah is a lesson book. It teaches through the use of stories, allegory, and metaphor.
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It connects the Hebrew (Jewish) nation to the Creator, and the Creator, like a good father that wants the best for his creation, to the Hebrew (Jewish) nation.
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There are three seemingly separate but interconnected issues in the Torah narrative about Yosef (Joseph), Ya’acov (Jacob), and Yosef’s family. One, the “famine in the land.”
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On April 15, 2024, Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "The
Obsession with Safety — A Jewish Psychosis
The Jewish people have a problem that is the result of 2,000 years of persecution, exclusion, and pressure.
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To survive, Jews developed certain patterns of perception and choices that sought safety in a hostile world. It could be classified as a syndrome that manifests itself in several ways.
The Zelig Syndrome
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Some of you might remember the film Zelig. Zelig is a 1983 American satirical comedy film written as a documentary, featuring a man named Leonard Zelig, who has this obsessive desire to fit in and...
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Not all Jews celebrate St. Valentine's Day because he was a 3rd century Roman priest who became a martyr. It is ostensibly a Christian (Catholic) holiday that became a secular one.
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In addition, the Strasbourg Massacre took place on February 14, 1349, where approximately 2,000 Jewish men, women and children were burned alive or killed by public executions after false accusations were made that Jews poisoned a well during the Black Death pogroms.
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These accusations were completely false.
This happened during the Black Death, when panic and fear were widespread across Europe. Jews were targeted because they were a visible religious minority and due to their being more hygienic (Jewish law required regular washing) ...
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