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The Hateful Ten

Filed in National by on November 16, 2015 38 Comments
The Hateful Ten

Ten governors have decided they don’t want to accept refugees in their states. Not because they are tending to their own needy and are thus unable provide food, clothing, or shelter for them. Or that their states are strained for space for even their own citizens. But because the refugees are Syrian and some of them might be terrorists. You may have already read their remarks explaining why they steadfastly refuse to help victims of war, but if not I want you to read them all now:

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Yom Ha’Shoah

Filed in International by on April 19, 2012 3 Comments
Yom Ha’Shoah

Never Again! Never again can we stand silent when a government decides that genocide is the way to deal with its citizens. Never again can we forget to keep the memories alive of the millions of Jews, Roma, Gays, political dissidents, liberals and conservatives who perished at the hands of the Nazis. I also honor […]

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Holocaust Memorial Day

Filed in International by on May 1, 2011 2 Comments

Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, the 27th Day of Nisan on the Jewish Calendar. It is a day that is set aside to remember the Six Million Jews that were slaughtered at the hands of Nazi Germany from 1933-1945. We also remember the millions of gays, Roma, political dissidents, and opponents of the […]

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