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Nov 7
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “SHABBAT SHALOM
Parshat Vayera Genesis 18:1–22:24
This Parsha is unique in that it deals with three separate issues. 1)
The first has Abraham circumcising himself despite his advanced age, and the arrival of three visitors for whom Abraham, even in his weakened state, provides first-class hospitality. These visitors tell Abraham that his wife Sara will have a son. 2)
The deeper story? Abraham started a custom, rare at the time, of circumcision. In an era when many peoples sacrificed children to appease their gods into bringing them health, crops, and a good hunt, 3)
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Nov 7
@CollinRugg Tucker Carlson is out of his depth when it comes to where the principles of Western civilization are found as well …
More from @GREENESJ333
Nov 7
Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, “SHABBAT SHALOM
Parshat Vayera Genesis 18:1–22:24
This Parsha is unique in that it deals with three separate issues. 1)
The first has Abraham circumcising himself despite his advanced age, and the arrival of three visitors for whom Abraham, even in his weakened state, provides first-class hospitality. These visitors tell Abraham that his wife Sara will have a son. 2)
The deeper story? Abraham started a custom, rare at the time, of circumcision. In an era when many peoples sacrificed children to appease their gods into bringing them health, crops, and a good hunt, 3)
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Nov 7
@CollinRugg Tucker Carlson is out of his depth when it comes to where the principles of Western civilization are found as well as American history. How he and others get so much wrong? Tucker Carlson graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1991 with a B.A. in history. 1)
@CollinRugg Did he attend class or was he still using back then? Idk. I’m just asking the question.
Our criminal justice system is based upon Jewish Biblical law. Further, this is not an exhaustive list of principles we take for granted that come from the G-d of the Jewish people. 2)
@CollinRugg Here’s a list of key rights in American criminal law that trace intellectual or ethical roots to the Torah, what the Christian world calls the “Old Testament”:
⚖️ 1. Presumption of Innocence / Proof Before Punishment 3)
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Nov 4
It is true, Donald Trump apologized to Pat Buchanan for his statements about Pat Buchanan. The apology occurred in 2011, following Trump’s critical remarks about Buchanan made during a 1999 appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” 1)
In that earlier interview, Trump had described Buchanan as anti-Semitic, anti-black, and having an admiration for Adolf Hitler, which he reiterated in the context of discussing Buchanan’s potential as a presidential candidate. 2)
The reason for the apology was likely influenced by several factors. By 2011, Trump was increasingly aligning himself with the conservative movement, and his political ambitions were becoming more apparent. 3)
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Nov 4
William F. Buckley, the founder of National Review whom Tucker Carlson named his son after and who is Vice President J.D. Vance’s Deputy Secretary had a moral compass. He was instrumental in defining postwar American conservatism — and 1)
part of that meant drawing moral and intellectual boundaries. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Buckley explicitly rejected antisemitism and extremism, effectively pushing figures like the John Birch Society, neo-Nazis, 2)
and open antisemites out of the mainstream conservative movement.
In the 1950s -1960s, in his National Review, Buckley made it clear that antisemitism had no place in conservatism. In 1959, he wrote, 3)
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Nov 3
Watch Off Air With Attorney Ron Chapman @RonChapmanAtty “9/11: The Saudi Connection They Tried to Bury”
No, it was not dancing Israelis on 9/11. These people who carried out the 9/11 terrorist attacks hate America and Israel for our shared Western values. 1)
The official investigation into 9/11, conducted by the 9/11 Commission and detailed in the 2004 report identified 15 of the 19 hijackers as Saudi citizens and noted that Saudi Arabia was a primary source of private donations to al-Qaeda before 2001, 2)
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Nov 2
America’s Greatest Generation and the Social Contract of Polite Society
The term “Greatest Generation,” popularized by journalist Tom Brokaw, refers to the those that came of age during the Great Depression and fought in World War II. 1)
Beyond their military valor, this generation was defined by a shared moral framework and an implicit social contract that shaped American society in the mid-20th century. This contract, unspoken yet widely understood, governed behavior, expectations, and 2)
the rhythms of daily life, particularly in the realm of what might be called “polite society.”
At its core, the social contract of the Greatest Generation was rooted in mutual obligation, civic responsibility, and an ethic of restraint. 3)
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