Imagine what this eve of Yom Kippur must have felt like in Buchenwald The vow taken that night … whether sung in the original Aramaic or translated into any of the languages spoken in the camp … is called “Kol Nidre.” The vow, wherever recited, would have been the same: A[...]
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October 4th, 2016 - 12:16 pm § in Donald Trump, Misc.
TRUMP’s LAWYER SPEAKS OUT “So Donald Trump is my candidate, right? He is NOT!”
I like authenticity, especially as compared to survey-tested or heavily spun. I am prepared to let a candidate say something that I don’t completely agree with and still support him or her. I think the need to be politically correct has gone too far. I also think the media often hypes and slants s[...]
UW Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Physics:
Today’s Nobel Prize in Physics given to the UW’s Professor David Thouless shows how important it is for the UW to explain itself as more than just the home of our wondrous Husky football team. The 2016 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded Tuesday to David Thouless from the University o[...]
September 28th, 2016 - 9:29 am § in Misc.
BUCHENWALD 137: Another memory dies
BERLIN — Max Mannheimer, who survived Theresienstadt, Auschwitz and Dachau and devoted his last decades to admonishing later generations of Germans that while they carried no guilt for the Nazis’ crimes, they bore a responsibility to ensure that they never happen again, died on Sept. 23 in Munic[...]
August 23rd, 2016 - 9:31 am § in Misc.
Buchenwald 133: As the Survivors fade, remembering the children
Ken Waltzer added 4 new photos. A tale of two Buchenwald boys. Israel Granatstein born 1930 from Piotrkow was in the Hortensja glass factory, then in Czestochowa, Brought to Buchenwald in January 1945, he was soon in Kinderblock 66. He talks about Gustav, the deputy blockelder, in his testimony. Gra[...]
A Dialog on Antisemitism
Chinazor Onianwah s The most powerful media platform, not controlled by Jewish interest – I’ve often wondered how long it would take to attempt a hostile takeover of the Internet itself. Stephen Schwartz Chinazor is an antidsemite, sadly. The idea that we control the media is persistent [...]
August 15th, 2016 - 10:04 am § in Christianity, Religion
Steve’s Thought For The Day
As Steve Schwartz is spending the rest of the summer taking a boat ride up the Georgia Straight I’ll be forwarding any thoughts he sends me for the next couple of weeks. Something I have noted: Black Christianity is very, very different then the white version. Other than the Seventh Day Adv[...]
An Invitation to Watch The Debate in Seattle With an Outstanding Moderator at a Great New Bar