By Rabbi Mark H. Levin, DHL / Guest Columnist
American Jewry’s most popular holy day, Passover, begins at sundown, Wednesday, April 8th this year, with the seder. Approximately 90% of us host or attend a seder annually, by far the most inclusive Jewish event in any year.
“A half-truth is a whole lie.” More about Roosevelt, Hitler, Stalin, Trump, and Senator Sherrod Brown.
There’s an old Yiddish Proverb that says, “A half-truth is a whole lie.” Just because someone attacks Netanyahu and his policies does not mean he or she is anti-Israel. In my case, I’ve been to Israel twice, once for the United Jewish Appeal. I even volunteered to serve in the Israeli army during the Yom Kippur War, but was turned down because of my age. I love Israel, but I also think Netanyahu is a crook and deserves to be removed from office. I am not anti-Israel and will defend that firmly.
KC Kosher Meals on Wheels
Don’t panic over Covid-19
I am not scared of Covid-19. I am concerned about the implications of a novel infectious agent that has spread the world over and continues to find new footholds in different soil. I am rightly concerned for the welfare of those who are elderly, in frail health or disenfranchised who stand to suffer mostly, and disproportionately, at the hands of this new scourge. But I am not scared of Covid-19.
Coping with coronavirus anxiety
For the better part of two decades my wife, Cherie, has had traditionally hosted scores of family and friends for Pesach Seder. This year she reluctantly cancelled our traditionally large event, because of the cloud of fears and uncertainties brought about by the spread of the coronavirus.
Think clearly and act responsibly
What should a driver do when she hears a siren? In high school driver’s education, we learned to respond by pulling to the side of the road and giving the right of way to an emergency vehicle. We yielded to the police, firefighters or ambulances. We learned that if we didn’t, we could be responsible, inadvertently, for potentially increasing the scope of a tragedy.
How Jews should respond
We’ve managed to survive three thousand years, surviving some of the worst in human history.
By Paris Naster / Guest Columnist
Upon entering my seminary’s cafeteria, there was a tangible sadness in the air. Besides the tables being separated and limited to six chairs each, girls were gathering their lunches per usual, but there was a different energy than just a week ago. I approached a young ladies from one of the other seminaries and asked how she, her friends, and her family in Brooklyn were handling “the news.” With a hopelessness, yet determined spark of credence in her eyes, she shared with me that she was flying home the very next morning.
Open Letter to Bernie Sanders
Bernie. I identify with your wish for justice for everyone. Your feelings for the neglected are praiseworthy. You are promoting Medicare for all. An entitlement that along with social security have people approaching eligibility, eager to enroll in those socialist programs. I believe you will encounter resistance because most Americans are fearful and do not know about what socialism is. As President Trump is aware of those fears, he will take the idea of socialism and use it as a weapon against you. I believe he will defeat you, “crazy Bernie”, his nickname for you. America should not have a candidate that is certain to lose and give Trump the gift of a second term.
