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Madoff and Adolf – Bernie, Hitler and the Death of Proportionality
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Brad Hirschfield
The Madoff scandal remains in the news and one response that continues to surface, especially among Jews, is as disturbing as Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme. People keep comparing the resulting damage from Madoff’s theft of 50 billion dollars to Adolph Hilter and the Holocaust! I wish I were kidding, but the evidence abounds, including responses…
Ground War in Gaza, No Holocaust
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Brad Hirschfield
No matter how often that charge is made, it will never be true. But it is a tragedy. No matter how much energy each side expends on justifying its actions and no matter if one side really is more justified than the other, it remains a tragedy. Instead of scoring PR points on each other,…
The Year of the Sun: Jewish Paganism or Beautiful Tradition?
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Brad Hirschfield
The Chinese have the year of the cat, rat, etc. Now Jews have the Year of the Sun. This new observance is based on an ancient tradition. Every 28 years, according to rabbinic tradition, the sun returns to the precise place in the heavens which it occupied at the moment of creation. This year, the…
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