Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Shabbat Shalom
Parshat Terumah—
Exodus 25:1–27:19
1) 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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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
1) 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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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.
1) 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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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.
1) 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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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.
1) 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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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.
1) 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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Why would members of Congress search their own names in the Epstein's files if they weren't concerned about what would be found? If they did not know him and never met him, there would be no need.
1) When members of the U.S. Congress go into a SCIF (often pronounced “skiff”) and search a computer, they are interacting with one of the most tightly controlled information systems in the U.S. government.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “From the river to the……… Palestine?

Here’s an idea.

There is a perfect spot that all the Palestinians, all of them wherever they may be, can be sent to have a homeland of their own.
1) And it is a place in which they will get their wish to replace the Jews.

It is bordered by the great Amur River, has tons of resources, great farming and grazing land, and lots and lots of space.

Birobidzhan Биробиджа́н, بيروبيجان
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “I have been asked lately why I sometimes end a post, a comment, with this:
המהפכה היהודית ממשיכה

The Jewish Revolution Continues.

Simple answer, really.
1) The giving of the Torah to the Jewish nation, to Am Yisrael, is the only real revolution in human history.

It is the only revolution that changed the relationship of mankind and its Creator, established the principle that all people are equal under the law,
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “Everyone (or at least the mainstream media people) seems interested in the Epstein case as if this will change the world, more than wars, more than hunger, more than the injustice of some governments worldwide.
1) But I have a question.

If Epstein is such a great bad guy, and if Ghislaine Maxwell is deserving of a 20-year prison sentence, it seems to me that the parents of the underage girls should have some responsibility as well.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “Knowing Who We Are

Golda Meir once said that those Jews who died in the gas chambers were the last ones to die without fighting back.
1) She, hopefully, was right, but maybe not, but in any case I have an objection that needs to be made.

First, it seems she was wrong, as there are Jews in Israel today and around the world who would rather surrender to Hamas and Hezbollah and
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "It is time to bring back the 'Boarding House'.

Those that watch old movies, perhaps will remember what a boarding house is. But to explain what it is for everyone else…..
1) A Boarding House was generally a large older home or building where the owners, usually older and in need of extra income, would rent out rooms, provide utilities, communal meals at least three times a day, for minimal rent. Often residents would share chores.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "THE NEW INDIA-USA TRADE DEAL - A BRIEF LOOK

I waited until I could read it and I am very happy to see a lot of positive elements, especially considering how in the past US-India relations were often at odds,
1) partly because of Indian protectionism and party because of political considerations on both sides, both of which were essentially without much sense.
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Nostra Aetate, Israel, and the Boundaries of Catholic Faith

In recent years, a rising number of voices—especially in online spaces—have attempted to discredit Nostra Aetate, the 1965 declaration of the Second Vatican Council...
1) on the Church’s relationship to non-Christian religions and, above all, to the Jewish people. Some portray it as a betrayal of tradition, others as the product of infiltration or corruption. These claims are not only historically false.
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For too many years to count and to anyone who would listen I stated the obvious. Jonathon Greenblatt destroyed the ADL because he is a partisan hack who weaponized antisemitism thereby making the word meaningless to those wrongfully accused.
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https://twitter.com/GREENESJ333/status/2020929468265529671

He is a huge part of the problem. He allowed critical race theory to be taught flipping Jewish history on its head calling us occupiers/oppressors in our own indigenous homeland. He allowed antisemitism to be taught.
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Roger Froikin wrote, "There is an ancient Chinese proverb.

A good parent gives his child "roots" and "wings".
1) One of the main reasons that the Jewish people survived and preserved their identity was because of the Torah that built these "roots", and the emphasis on learning, on education,
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "It is time to solve the Pakistan problem, to correct what the British messed up.

Pakistan needs to be split into 4 nation states, each one for the majority ethnic group within its borders:
1) Pashtunistan, Punjabistan, Sindhistan, Balochistan.

How they relate to one another is for their peoples, but, minimally, this is about ethnic respect and freedom among groups and a real permanent peace with India,
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "PARSHAT YITRO - A SECOND LOOK

Bat-Zion Susskind Sacks and I both wrote and published essays highlighting issues in Parshat Yitro, and afterward we discussed what we wrote.
1) We discovered that there was another, very important lesson in Yitro’s role in Torah, one that seems to be missed generally.

You see, Yitro (Jethro) was not some sophisticated man who benefitted from an expensive higher education at some elite school like Harvard or
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Zionism is Biblical, as Roger Froikin wrote, "Zionism started 4,000 years ago, not in the late 19th century, with the promise to Avraham, Yitzchaq, and Ya’acov, with Moshe (Moses) 3,400 years ago and the trek through Sinai to Eretz Yisrael.
1) Through periods of plenty and famine, exile, and conflicts, B’nei Yisrael (now referred to as Jews) looked to the Land of Israel as their homeland, promised by the Creator to a people chosen to have a special role in the history of civilization."
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"BREAKING NEWS: Pam Bondi: FBI arrests key figure in September 11-12, 2012 Benghazi terror attack: Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the FBI has arrested one of the key participants Zubayr al‑Bakoush behind the Benghazi attack.
1) According to Bondi’s announcement:

Bakoush will face a U.S. indictment that includes murder, arson, and terr0rism‑related offenses tied to the deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and Information Management Officer Sean Smith, and security contractors Glen Doherty
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "LANGUE ET ASSIMILATION LINGUISTIQUE

A QUESTION FOR QUEBEC

The question of maintaining the use of French in Quebec has long been raised.
1) Two independence referendums were held in Quebec, where the main issue was to preserve language and culture in the face of what Quebecers perceive as strong pressure from English-speaking North America.
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