Top Five Posts - Week of 1/19
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Sunday, January 26, 2020
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Now More Than Ever, We Must NEVER Forget!
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz. Millions of Jews and other captive peoples were murdered here by the evil Nazi monsters. In Israel, world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and French President Emmanuel Macron gathered at Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial to commemorate this event.
At the international gathering at Yad Vashem, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin wisely observed that “Antisemitism does not stop with Jews — no democracy is immune.” He also correctly and importantly noted that the state of Israel is not a form of compensation for the Holocaust: “It’s our homeland.” (“ Live: 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz,” Israel National News, January 23, 2020.)
ZOA National President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. said, “We must never forget the Shoah, the attempt to murder literally every Jew in the world whom the Nazis could put their blood-drenched hands on. The Nazis horrifically murdered three quarters of European Jewry — over 6 million men, women, children, and babies.”
Morton A. Klein, who is a child of Holocaust survivors, was born in a displaced persons camp in Gunzberg, Germany. Mort’s father, Rabbi Herman Klein, who was born in the Carpathian Mountains area of Czechoslovakia, was an Auschwitz survivor. Rabbi Klein lost his first family, his parents, grandparents, eight brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Mort’s mother, Sarah Griner, of Tomazov-Lubelski, Poland, lost over half of her entire family in the Shoah.
Morton Klein and Mark Levenson stated: “Antisemitism, even when put to bed, is a very light sleeper. We see this from the deeply troubling surge of antisemitism in Europe, where Jews have been attacked and murdered by radical Muslims and neo-Nazis, and even here in the United States, where Jews have been attacked and murdered largely by white supremacists and a small group of Jew-hating African Americans.
“All of us, not only Jews, now have the task and challenge of rising to defeat the scourge of antisemitism.
“We ask everyone to join us in fighting against and condemning the mainstreaming and legitimizing of Jew-hatred by public figures in Congress, including Reps. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; and by Jew-hating Muslims including Linda Sarsour, Louis Farrakhan, Temple Univ. Prof. Mark Lamont Hill, and Columbia Univ. Prof. Rashid Khalidi; and by other Jew-hating, Israelophobic professors at Columbia, Michigan, Berkeley, and elsewhere.
“We also ask everyone to join us in condemning and combatting Jew-hating, Israelophobic groups, including the so-called Students For Justice in Palestine (SJP) and BlackLivesMatter.
“We also ask everyone to join our demands that Israel-hating staffers on presidential candidates Bernie Sanders’ and Elizabeth Warren’s campaigns must be fired immediately —and that Bernie Sanders must stop campaigning with Jew-hating Israelophobes Linda Sarsour and Ilhan Omar.
“We also ask everyone to join our demand that Congress must pass a resolution specifically condemning its antisemitic members by name, and must remove them from their committees.
And we ask everyone to join us in fighting and exposing the lies that are being promoted about Jerusalem and Jewish communities in Judea-Samaria; the falsehood that Israel is an “occupier” of historic, lawful Jewish lands; the false claim that Israel’s tolerant multi-faceted society is an “apartheid” state; and the false claim that distant descendants of Arabs who temporarily lived in Israel and voluntarily left Israel at the request of the Arab league are “refugees.
“We must likewise combat the dangerous anti-Israel groups, including Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Soros-funded J Street, and IfNotNow, that spread lies about Israel. Spreading hateful lies against the Jewish State increases and promotes hatred of the entire Jewish people.”
Click here to read the article on zoa.org .
At the international gathering at Yad Vashem, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin wisely observed that “Antisemitism does not stop with Jews — no democracy is immune.” He also correctly and importantly noted that the state of Israel is not a form of compensation for the Holocaust: “It’s our homeland.” (“ Live: 75th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz,” Israel National News, January 23, 2020.)
ZOA National President Morton A. Klein and ZOA Chair Mark Levenson, Esq. said, “We must never forget the Shoah, the attempt to murder literally every Jew in the world whom the Nazis could put their blood-drenched hands on. The Nazis horrifically murdered three quarters of European Jewry — over 6 million men, women, children, and babies.”
Morton A. Klein, who is a child of Holocaust survivors, was born in a displaced persons camp in Gunzberg, Germany. Mort’s father, Rabbi Herman Klein, who was born in the Carpathian Mountains area of Czechoslovakia, was an Auschwitz survivor. Rabbi Klein lost his first family, his parents, grandparents, eight brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Mort’s mother, Sarah Griner, of Tomazov-Lubelski, Poland, lost over half of her entire family in the Shoah.
Morton Klein and Mark Levenson stated: “Antisemitism, even when put to bed, is a very light sleeper. We see this from the deeply troubling surge of antisemitism in Europe, where Jews have been attacked and murdered by radical Muslims and neo-Nazis, and even here in the United States, where Jews have been attacked and murdered largely by white supremacists and a small group of Jew-hating African Americans.
“All of us, not only Jews, now have the task and challenge of rising to defeat the scourge of antisemitism.
“We ask everyone to join us in fighting against and condemning the mainstreaming and legitimizing of Jew-hatred by public figures in Congress, including Reps. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; and by Jew-hating Muslims including Linda Sarsour, Louis Farrakhan, Temple Univ. Prof. Mark Lamont Hill, and Columbia Univ. Prof. Rashid Khalidi; and by other Jew-hating, Israelophobic professors at Columbia, Michigan, Berkeley, and elsewhere.
“We also ask everyone to join us in condemning and combatting Jew-hating, Israelophobic groups, including the so-called Students For Justice in Palestine (SJP) and BlackLivesMatter.
“We also ask everyone to join our demands that Israel-hating staffers on presidential candidates Bernie Sanders’ and Elizabeth Warren’s campaigns must be fired immediately —and that Bernie Sanders must stop campaigning with Jew-hating Israelophobes Linda Sarsour and Ilhan Omar.
“We also ask everyone to join our demand that Congress must pass a resolution specifically condemning its antisemitic members by name, and must remove them from their committees.
And we ask everyone to join us in fighting and exposing the lies that are being promoted about Jerusalem and Jewish communities in Judea-Samaria; the falsehood that Israel is an “occupier” of historic, lawful Jewish lands; the false claim that Israel’s tolerant multi-faceted society is an “apartheid” state; and the false claim that distant descendants of Arabs who temporarily lived in Israel and voluntarily left Israel at the request of the Arab league are “refugees.
“We must likewise combat the dangerous anti-Israel groups, including Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Soros-funded J Street, and IfNotNow, that spread lies about Israel. Spreading hateful lies against the Jewish State increases and promotes hatred of the entire Jewish people.”
Click here to read the article on zoa.org .
Right Now, EVERYBODY'S Talking About This
A Father confronts @SenWarren— JiveBunny (@JiveBunnyMuzik) January 21, 2020
Father : My daughter is in school, I saved all my money just to pay student loans Can I have my money back?
Warren: of course not
Father: so you want to help those who don't save any money and the ones that do the right thing get screwed? pic.twitter.com/EY8M57tj9F
Friday, January 24, 2020
Eight Quick Takes On This Year's Oscar Contenders!
We haven't seen all the Oscar nominated movies this year.
But we have seen a god many of them.
Here's our very quick rundown on what to see and what not to see among the contenders:
1) Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
We're not big Quentin Tarantino fans but we've got admit this is his most disciplined movie yet -- all about Hollywood in the era of free love, drugs, flower power and hippies. It was a time that not only upended the motion picture industry and sent tremors through the whole country (they didn't call it a "youth quake" for nothing) but it also sent waves of fear and loathing through tinseltown. The performances by Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio are first rate and Pitt should grab a well-deserved Oscar for his depiction of a best bud in this appealing bromance. And if you think you know how this one ends, wow are you in for a surprise!
2) The Irishman
This long, laborious, imitative faux saga about beat up old gangsters is truly painful to watch. What's the point of even mentioning the cast members and the director? You know who they are, you know their body of work and you've seen them (and this) all before. There's nothing new here. It's fitting that this largely episodic story begins in an old age home. And trust us, it's all downhill from there. Skip it.
3) Knives Out
An all-star lineup in the best damned whodunnit we've seen in years. It's a tour de force for the ensemble cast and though it moves along like a fine instrument, you'd better hold on tight for all the twists and turns in this intricate though nonetheless compelling plot. It's like Agatha Christie on steroids and updated for the 21st century. It's pure entertainment and rollicking good fun -- something you'll be talking about long after it's over. Hooray!
4) Jo Jo Rabbitt
If you want jokes about Hitler rewatch The Producers. We walked out on this one after about half an hour. A senseless stinker!
5) Richard Jewell
It did garner a nomination for Kathy Bates which is very well deserved. But it should have been nominated in many more categories. This story about the wrongly-accused suspect in the Atlanta Olympics bombing will make you think not just about what happened then but what's happening right now. The knowing had of director Clint Eastwood and a stellar cast make this a must see!
6) 1917
For our money, this is the Best Picture of the Year. Sam Mendes' thrilling direction (in what comes across as one continuous take) will leave you breathless. Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden and Colin Firth are all extraordinary in a tight, graphic, mesmerizing film that demands your attention. Hey, we're not even big fans "war movies" but this one is unquestionably in a class by itself. Don't miss it!
7) Judy
Renee Zellweger gives the best performance of the year as Judy Garland in her final days. Zellweger nails it, depicting all that Judy was: funny, dismissive, endearing, lonely, reckless, engaging, quixotic, demanding, manic, mistreated and damaged but always brilliantly (almost frighteningly) talented no matter what. This is the year's safest Oscar bet: Zellweger to win!
8) Ford VS Ferrari
This Oscar contender is another buddy/buddy flick with Matt Damon and Christian Bale as car designer Carroll Shelby and driver Ken Miles. It's all about mass marketer Ford taking on the legendary bespoke Ferrari at Le Mans in the mid 1960s. It's sort of like Canada Dry going up against Veuve Clicquot. But don't we always root for the underdog, the everyman, the wannabe? The film is way too long but it still coaxes you along and even tugs at your heart here and there.
Thursday, January 23, 2020
NOBODY'S Watching; They've Tuned It Out!
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He's Risking A Lot - Find Out Why, And More!
Why would a widely respected, independent-minded, accomplished professional want to risk so much by jumping into a contentious battle in the hardscrabble world of New Jersey politics?
You'll get the answer to this question and many more when you watch my interview with US Senate candidate Dr. Rik Mehta on The Advocates with Dan Cirucci.
Don't miss this!
One Of The Most Exciting NJ Candidates EVER!
Watch the whole thing. We guarantee you'll be impressed -- and inspired!
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