An alternative but hopefully accurate way of seeing somethings as they might just be.
A very intriguing article appeared on the BBC news web page on 20 November 2102, titled ‘Gaza crisis: The legal position of Israel and Hamas ‘. It begins by stating that Israel’s position in regards to its right to defend itself (against attacks by Hamas)...
If accountants investigate and report on a company and hide all its flaws and deficiencies we would undoubtedly label what they have done a fraud. Yet when journalists attempt to portray the Israel –Hamas conflict as if it were some form of cup tie between...
There are calls for restraint, always. Yes, we condemn Hamas for launching missiles but we call on Israel to exercise restraint. Whatever Israel will do we will condemn as provocative, in breach of international law, as disproportionate and as fuelling...
Dear Sir, Janet Suzman must be very unhappy living in London. Her equilibrium is being threatened by a daily reminder of religious practices that she views as ‘anachronistic’. She is, apparently, referring to the proposed eruv for the Camden area. Living...
My attention has been drawn to an op-ed that appeared in the Independent by a Yasmin-Alibhai-Brown. It is well critiqued by Simon Plosker of HonestReporting. ( http://honestreporting.com/ardent-zionists-v-enlightened-jews-an-assault-on-british-jewry/...
The Press complaints commission has decided that it is correct to say that Tel Aviv is the capital of Israel, not Jerusalem, and that the Guardian was correct to make a correction in these terms. The basis of the PCC’s decision seems to rest on the fact...
The attempts to criminalise circumcision in certain countries which are generally hailed as leaders in the fields of tolerance and human rights are very frightening. What is patently obvious is that anti-Semites will attack Jews with whatever weapons...
A certain publication has as its headline article the denouncement by several well known and vociferous individuals of the most surprising announcement, that the Chief Rabbi is against same sex marriages. It can be hardly unexpected that an orthodox rabbi...
An Oxford Professor has been reported as concluding that the term ‘Tudor’ is a misleading myth. The people we refer to as Tudors did not see themselves as Tudors. We use the term as one of convenience. Now I have not done research into much of history...
Mrs Clinton has apparently bemoaned the declining state of Israel’s democracy. One should be very reluctant to take issue with someone who even acknowledges that Israel IS a democracy in the first place. Israel is beleaguered by all manner of accusations...
There are many difficult philosophical questions that have troubled thinkers for millennia. It took thousands of years before Xeno’s paradox was solved. A body in motion has to get half way before it gets to its destination and therefore should always...
The current controversy over modesty in Beit Shemesh heralds the sounding of a rather anti-Semitic refrain, namely that the Ultra-orthodox want to turn Israel into another Iran. Even worse there are those who are said to perceive that growing ultra-orthodox...
Recently I saw a tweet from a government MP saying that the government was about to ‘clamp down’ on scrap metal theft. Now I personally am against scrap metal theft. It is also against my religion. Stealing anything has been taboo for my ancient and some...
Years ago at university certain students were subject to stereotyping. The typical engineering student wore shorts, a tee shirt, flip-flops and was not known for being articulate. Many were viewed as racist, beer drinking men. Drama students were understood...
A non-expert in Christianity may stray in considering such a question. Christianity is a very diverse religion, or set of religions. Yet one theme a Rabbi may be familiar with is a Christian claim for the reason d’être of their religion. Judaism, Christianity...
There are many things I do not understand. No doubt at the root of many of these matters is intellectual deficiency while personal bias and interest may also prevent full comprehension of many other ideas. One area where I feel the challenge to my already...
Among the various forms of discrimination that modern Human Rights culture and law particularly emphasise as needing of zero tolerance is, so it would seem, the realm of sexual discrimination. Especially on the football fields and terraces, those former...
This was on the BBC News website on: 27 March 2011 Last updated at 21:48 Israeli air strike kills two militants in northern Gaza An Israeli air strike has killed two militants in the northern Gaza Strip, Israeli and Palestinian officials say. The Israeli...
Good old Wayne Rooney has just received a two game ban and a thirty thousand pound fine for swearing audibly as part of a televised post-goal celebration. Swearing is repulsive and reflects poorly on the one doing it. Everyone of his righteous critics...
While many throughout the world are relieved that the man Bin Laden has gone to the fate of 72 mothers-in-law some commentators raise objections. Some question the morality and/or legality of the manner in which the man was killed and suggest that he...
In a relatively short teaching career in the United Kingdom a certain bewildered question has been thrown at me by several students. It is a question that demonstrates a severe inadequacy in the questioner’s education and one which leads me to despair....
It is only a matter of time before some politician/academic or other worthy celebrity says something along these lines: ‘I am not saying anyone actually does this, but I do support the right of Jews to torture the host if they so wish. It is a matter...
People tend to see idiomatic expressions in their idiomatic light and not at all connected with the reality they are purporting to describe. Anyone who has seen vultures eating from a carcass will appreciate the true meaning of the expression ‘like vultures...
The alleged attacker allegedly attacked the alleged victim with an alleged knife in an alleged location. The alleged victim is alleged to have died, allegedly as the alleged result of an alleged attack upon him by an alleged attacker, as has been alleged...
There is a furore about Professor Hawking’s boycott of an Israeli conference. Whatever his motivation may be and whatever criticism may be levelled at him it is important to note that his stance on the matter is not relevant to the justice of the cause...
