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Jun 24, 2024, 11:37 PM

Enough is enough

What happened yesterday in the heavily Jewish Pico-Robertson area of LA was not a protest, but acts of terrorism. And when confronted with terrorists, if we do not fight back, we will not survive. Why are we not, by the...

Dec 23, 2022, 11:04 PM

Call for a boycott of members of the Knesset

A JTA article by Ron Kampeas reports that hundreds of US Jewish clergy have pledged to block ‘extremists’ in Israeli government from speaking in their communities. Wow! I’d even say.. unbelievable… but sad to say that it is very believable. First,...

Jul 5, 2020, 9:40 PM

What the he## is wrong with my country (the USA)?

This wonderful country is going down the tubes! Here are just six examples: Kanye West is running for president supported by the Tesla guy. We now can get an ‘extreme’ makeover for our dogs! According to the NFL z’l, there...

Nov 4, 2018, 6:28 PM

Some Random Thoughts About Pittsburgh

Like just about every Jew and many Americans, the massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh has weighed heavily on my heart, my mind and my soul. Mixed emotions: horror and sadness and disappointment and anger. Some random thoughts: ...

May 30, 2018, 10:31 PM

I Am Returning My Sherut L’Am Award to the HUC

I have been a member of the Jewish Communal Service since 1972; a product of two Schools of Jewish Communal Service (HUC-JIR and Hornstein/Brandeis) led by Jerry Bubis z’l and Bernie Reisman z’l. One of the proudest days of my...

Jun 15, 2017, 9:38 PM

US Secretary of State Tillerson Believes That We May Not Need an Envoy to Combat Anti-semitism

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson doesn’t think that having an envoy to combat anti-Semitism is the right way to go, saying the effort may be more effective without one. Personally, I think that he is wrong. However, I also...

Feb 28, 2017, 11:50 PM

It is time to stop talking! It is time to start acting!

The growth in anti-Semitic acts throughout the world is intolerable and the American and International Jewish Communities need to act quickly, strongly and unified. Yes, it is important that we put pressure on our International, Federal, State and local governments to...

Feb 19, 2017, 11:20 AM

Considering…why would President Trump continue to support Israel?

Considering that about 70 percent of the Jewish community voted against him...... Considering that about 70% of the Jewish community voted for Hillary Clinton, who backed the Iran fiasco and whose VP choice is JStreet’s best friend in the US Senate…… Considering...

Jan 20, 2017, 7:27 AM

Thank you, Mr. Obama — For all this

As your eight years as president of the USA comes to an end, I want to thank you for the following (this list was developed with input from many friends who will go nameless to protect the guilty): Some of...

Nov 13, 2016, 4:08 PM

Trump, Jewish support, anti-Semitism and Sitting Shiva

Some thoughts about the election of Donald Trump. Jewish support for Trump - or the lack thereof.... If early reports are accurate only 30% of the American Jewish community voted for Donald Trump. So, when the President-elect does something that we...

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About Me

Paul Jeser born in the Bronx in 1945 has been a member of the Jewish Communal Service and a Jewish fundraising professional since 1972. Although not an ordained Rabbi, he organized and ran a Jewish Chaplaincy program in the United States Army in Augsburg, Germany (1969-71). Jeser was an officer with a drug rehabilitation center in Vietnam (1971-72) during which time he was awarded a Bronze Star. In May, 2006, the Hebrew Union College, Institute of Jewish Religion, presented Mr. Jeser the Sherut L’Am award in recognition of his decades of service to the Jewish People. He returned this award to HUC in protest to what he believed to be anti-Israel activities.

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