Random Reflections Reflections on Jewish Holidays Why I Am Going To Drown My Apple In Honey This Year September 29, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments The apple and honey we ceremoniously eat on Rosh HaShana can have many meanings. The one that spoke to me most was written up by Australian Rabbi Aron Moss. He…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Does Hillary Need To Atone For Her Handling Of The 1975 Rape Case? September 26, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments The Hillary Rodham of 1975 did nothing wrong in the rape case. The Hillary Rodham Clinton of 2016 should respond to the issues that have arisen since then around this…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Kirk Douglas – Can You Really Liken Trump To Hitler? Really? September 24, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Kirk Douglas draws on his advanced age (nearing 100) and his being a Jew to claim that there are parallels between Hitler and Trump. He is not the first to…
Current Events Keeping Up With Our MKs Getting Harder For Arab MKs To Complain About Structural Discrimination September 17, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments When things like this happen (I’ll tell you soon what “this” is), it must make it really hard to be an Arab Member of Knesset (MK). It seems like Israeli…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Is Syria A Country Worth Fighting For? Should Israel Care? September 10, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Do Syrians feel Syrian enough to fight back and reclaim their country? Does the integrity of a Syrian nation along our northern border make a difference to Israel? * *…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Why I Don’t Care Where Yasser Arafat Was Born And Why You Shouldn’t Either September 7, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Let’s get serious . . . it really doesn’t matter where Yasser Arafat was born. When we talk about peoplehood we are not talking about where one’s parents happened to…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Is Zionism Under Threat of Redefinition by Non-Jews? (Part 2 of 2) September 3, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Maroun complied with Susskind-Sack’s insistence that non-Jews are pro-Zionists and can never be considered Zionists (see Part 1 of this two-part series). According to his latest Times of Israel blog…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking How Dare You Call Yourself A Zionist, You Non-Jew, You! (Part 1 of 2) September 3, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments A fierce debate that took place in September 2015 in a corner of Facebook has been resuscitated by a new Times of Israel blog post by Fred Maroun. The debate…