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Mar 26, 2022, 8:29 PM

Putin’s a villian and Zelensky’s a Jew. Ok. Right.

No contrition? No absolution.

Pardon the anecdote, but it provides significant context for my opinions. There will be one on Russia/NATO expansion, and another opinion based on observation and analysis on Ukraine/Jews and forgiveness. Brace yourselves. It won't be flattering. As some may be...

Feb 27, 2022, 9:11 PM

No tears for Ukraine. None.

Many Jews seem more upset by Russians killing Ukrainians over the past several days than they are about Ukrainians killing Jews for the last several centuries. As soon as I bring it up, the back-lash arrives with denial, excuses,...

Feb 19, 2022, 11:10 AM

Chaverim, this just in: cowardice is not a virtue.

Port Jervis, New York, at the exact juncture of three states, right on the Delaware. Nice. Beautiful up there, post-card perfect, mountains, rivers and valleys. It's the summer before the moon landing and Woodstock, very close to Bethel, the heart...

Jan 13, 2022, 11:06 AM

Two Jews walk into a Brooklyn shoe store. No joke

It's not even clear whether or not they ever even made it inside when they were accosted, challenged, insulted, and physically attacked by an anti-Israel, third-rate, make-believe, Brooklyn-not-Hebron, mujahadin. During the course of the assault on one, the attacker...

Dec 28, 2021, 4:47 AM

Sacrifice: the missing Jewish ethic

Maybe it’s me. Let’s get this out right away. Maybe I’m just a frustrated little man looking to vent his inner savage. It’s possible, but with my background over more than six decades? Not likely. Probably, more likely, is...

Dec 18, 2021, 9:38 AM

PoC, George Floyd, MLK, BLM, Jews + the mob

"People of color." Bad choice. What that phrase actually means but deliberately leaves out is "people of the people of color," i.e. the actual definition of racism. "Racism," to the extent it actually exists, cannot be "fought" or...

Dec 10, 2021, 11:24 AM

Take the Holocaust memorials down. Now.

This week, a Holocaust memorial in Boise, Idaho, was vandalized. Let it sit for a moment. A Holocaust memorial in Boise, Idaho, nowhere near where it occurred; where no Jews were killed, not one, not a single Idahoan involved...

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Robert is a life-long New Yorker, working actor, author and world traveler.

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