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We received three bits of disturbing news this week. To top it off, the NEA (National Education Association), the nation’s largest teachers’ union, voted not to use ADL materials in their schools’ curriculum. Nothing about anti-Semitism, racial hatred, or the Holocaust. The reason? The ADL is biased toward Israel.
No doubt, we Jews are often saying Hallel in praise of Hashem’s goodness on our behalf. We do so on every Yom Tov. Many say Hallel on Yom HaAtzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim – all in thanks to Hashem for showing His Divine Providence over the Jewish people.
Truthfully, I wrote about this topic years ago: the need to tell stories to your kids. But the stories should be made-up ones, not ones you simply read from a book. Those don’t have any lasting value.
I guess the word is frustrating. We finally have a president who, as far as Jewish interests are concerned, is doing everything that should make them happy. His political appointments, such as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, are firmly on Israel’s side.
The primary election of Zohran Mamdani as the Democratic candidate for Mayor of New York City, an avowed supporter of Hamas and a proponent of “globalizing the Intifada,” should send chills up every Jew’s spine. In a city with the largest population of Jews outside of Israel, such a result should have been unthinkable.
I haven’t been able to write for several weeks due to health concerns, and I have not been able to follow the news that closely, but I am well aware of the controversies surrounding the Orthodox communities, including whether the yeshivah crowd should be participating in the World Zionist Congress (WZC) elections, even via a totally frum platform, Eretz HaKodesh.
