Archive for the 'Jews' Category
It’s Not About the Land
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010One of the biggest problems that I have with many good but naive people is that they are willing to accept bad ideas without much thought.
Take, for example, the idea that if Israel was to withdraw from the territories and give the land up to the PA or to some other Arab authority that there would [...]
The Mosque at Ground Zero
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010In my last blog I mentioned the justification of the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With that in mind I would like to point out that as much as I support the decision to use these weapons I would oppose a US cultural center to be built a few hundred feet [...]
Seeing Evil in the World
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Back in 1994 I remember that the Main Stream Media said that for years Israel had “demonized” Yasser Arafat as well as his organization, the PLO.
At the time I was amazed at the absurdity of the comment. I remember that the PLO had committed some of the most horrific acts since its founding in 1964. [...]
Thinking about the Ninth of Av
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010One of the things that strike me as we observe the fast is non-victim-hood of the day.
What I mean is that it is true that we Jews have been victims throughout our history we have never behaved as victims. That means we do not allow our victim hood to overcome our actions.
What is victim hood [...]
Thinking about Conspiracies
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Just a quickie. I’ve been thinking about all the conspiracy theories that I’ve heard over the years. The truth is I have yet to find any that I can believe in.
Just for the record, beside being Jewish I am also a Mason in good standing. That means, for those of you that follow such things, [...]
Real Tikun Olam
Sunday, May 17th, 2009One of the things that drive me crazy is the misuse of language. Especially by people who do not know what they are talking about.
Take, for instance, the concept of Tikun Olam. I know that there is a Left wing magazine called Tikkun. The concept is that Tikun Olam is means “fixing the world.” This [...]
Thinking About Purim
Monday, March 9th, 2009Today is the Fast of Esther. Tomorrow is Purim.
There are a couple of interesting notes to the story that have relevance to today.
One is that the Book of Esther never explains the reason that Haman hates the Jews. The only two hints that we get is that Mordechai does not bow to him and that [...]
About the Author: Shlomo Bar-Ayal is an Israeli-American, or an American-Israeli (I could never get that right) who is unabashedly pro-Israel, pro-US and a great guy.
He has an open mind to opinions that he agrees with.
As you can see from the picture he is also a rather handsome fellow. If he can ever get his picture on the blog!
Besides blogging on whatever he feels like blogging about on any given day he enjoys learning Talmud, davening, being the candyman in his synagogue, smoking his tobacco pipe, and partaking in an adult beverage every now and then