An alternative but hopefully accurate way of seeing somethings as they might just be.
It is a very tricky task to offer any sort of cogent response to a very recent publication of the Church of Scotland, entitled, ‘The Inheritance of Abraham? A report on the ‘promised land’. One might summarise the paper’s thesis, rather glibly as ‘The...
With gratitude to a strong critic further reflection on this subject has been prompted. It has been pointed out that the Women of the Wall view themselves as operating according to halacha and as Orthodox. Therefore criticisms of reformist or liberal...
There are a group of so called women’s rights activists who want to end what they call the Orthodox monopoly over access to the Western Wall. They wish to don prayer shawls and phylacteries and pray together with men at the Western Wall. They deem it...
Two hours before Pesach one’s thoughts run to some of the basic themes, particularly the idea of freedom. The sources point out that this is to do with freedom from the evil inclination. It is not a political freedom from oppression or denial of one’s...
It is all very well to say ‘I never meant to’. It is probably true to say this but it should never mean that I actually haven’t done it. Whether negligent or otherwise unintentional one has to recognise the impact of one’s deeds and the consequences....
When it was that we were slaves The Pharaohs worked us to our graves When Moshe asked for our release The burden instead he bade: ‘Increase!’ So Moshe said ‘I won’t be vague Let us out or get a plague.’ There formed a cloudy rouge miasma The waterway...
I have watched Mr Morpurgo's lecture about the 'rights of children' and the allegations and slurs he makes that children are purposely targeted in Gaza. He says their rights are flagrantly ignored. He seems to insinuate that it is the Israelis who are...
When one watches or listens to prime minister's questions one observes a spectacle during which the opposition contend that the government are doing nothing correct (other than expressing regret over military deaths) and simultaneously the government...
Is it an advancement of democracy if more facist movements are empowered by a political change? Nobody (apparently, except for a lot of people) wants to deny every one else their human and democratic rights. Everyone (so we are told by equally unelected...
A lot of atheists (or at least one of the more vociferous ones) would argue that belief in God is the most dangerous of all beliefs. If God has sanctioned or commanded you to act then there can be no restraint on what you do.Since you are deluded by God's...
The English media seems to be obsessed with the need for apologies to be made by an infinite variety of alleged non-apologists. Yesterday a cabinet minister was forced, asked, told, demanded, condemned for comments made (allegedly) which were or may have...
The whole media watching community is focused on Colonel Gaddaffi's pathetic and yet damaging attempts at clinging on to his power. He is decried (probably quite accurately) as delusional in claiming the love and loyalty of the Libyan masses. The world...
Football is once again in today’s headlines and it appears that that bastion of moral guidance, the FA, is being looked to once again, to provide a pro-active solution to the latest potentially endemic problem in football. A player has been allegedly...
Mr Corbyn quoted as saying: "Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the actions of Israel or the Netanyahu government than our Muslim friends are for those various self-styled Islamic states or organisations." It is only ‘OUR Jewish Friends’ that...
Abbas claims that the Bible supports the notion that the Palestinians lived in the Land before Abraham. This is according to the headlines of an article that I have yet to read. Baseless drivel that revises history or recast reality, is a waste of time....
Recently I addressed a letter to the BBC about the slur against Jews made by it in a report on the conviction of Yishai Schlissel, by describing him as ‘Ultra-Orthodox. This is what was written: “Dear Rabbi Levin Reference CAS-3797190-LGY47N Thank you...
Indesit Repair Plain Your undated letter addressed to me titled ‘Restore your Peace of Mind’ and received by me in the past few days refers. I write this letter with much hesitation as past attempts to communicate with your so-called ‘customer services’...
If you criticize Islamists for what they actually do, you are anti-Muslim, but if you accuse Jews of what they never have done you are anti-Zionist.. Al Qaeda and other Islamist groupings make no bones about their ideology, aims or methodology. They wish...
If we control the world how did we let most of the oil land up in Arab hands? If we control the banks why don’t I have a much larger amount in my bank account? If we control the media why do so many anti-Semitic or anti-Israel newspapers, television stations,...
Women are now being arrested in France for wearing Hajib or Naqib in public. Apparently a woman can be fined for wearing these face concealing items and those who compel them to do so can be given a greater fine. Many among the tolerant Europeans find...
Dianne is reported by the BBC as saying: "It's something of a smear against ordinary party members to say the party has a problem with anti-Semitism.” It is a smear against ordinary party members The BBC continues: “She said there had been 12 reported...
My letter to the BBC: My letter of complaint to the BBC about its standards. The article reports the conviction of the gay parade stabber. You shamelessly identify him as an 'Ultra-Orthodox Jew', as if this has something to do with the crime for which...
Gosh! Another Anti-Semite in Labour! Not only was the Bradford MP's comment repulsive, her apology rings hollow. Feelings ran high at the time of the Gaza conflict. Feelings running high about conflicts in Gaza seem to compel critics of Israel to resort...
One might think that the EU referendum was a debate about whether we wish to be governed by unelected idiots in Brussels or our own elected idiots in Westminster. It is contended that the choice is about which way we will be better off. If that is so...
We should all be asking not what should the Labour Party be doing about anti-Semitism, but rather what is there about the Labour Party, and other Left leaning parties that expound tolerance, fairness, justice and all those purported values, and whose...
