If you have been paying attention to the news lately, you will be aware of the testimony, before a Congressional Committee, of the presidents of three Ivy League colleges, Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania, regarding the anti-Semitic demonstrations on all three campuses which led to the persecution of Jewish students at all three …
THIS I KNOW Islam is incompatible with Western Civilization. Muslims in any country, other than the Middle East, Africa, or Asia, do not assimilate into their host country. They do not adopt the values of the countries into which they immigrated. Countries in Europe now have "no-go zones", where violence runs rampant, and even police …
Thanks very much to Sofia, who echoes what I always tell my friends, photographers or not. I make a habit of looking up, wherever I am. Most people, when they are in a city, walk or drive along looking forward, or down at their phones (which is dangerous!). I suggest that they take their eyes …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #164: Looking Up/Down
Shadows are cast by people and things, by the Sun. You often see a person's shadow before you see the person. It's really hard to sneak up on someone in the bright sunshine! How often have you seen something you want to photograph, and there's no place to stand where you do not cast a …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #152: Shade and Shadow
In the year 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power in Germany. Aside from conquering Europe as a way of providing "lebensraum", or "living room" for the Aryan Race, the goal of the Nazi Party was what they described as the "Final Solution". That was the total elimination of the Jews. The …
Continue reading Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and I Remember
As places go, the United States isn't very old, only about 250 years old. You have to travel to Europe or Asia to find really old artifacts. One of the best places to find old construction is the State of Israel. Itself, it is pretty new, having been founded in 1948. But the Covenant from …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #99-Old and New
This week marks the holiday of Chanukah, and the victory of the Maccabees over the Greek desecrators of the Temple. The ancient Jews, fighting for their homeland, were fierce warriors, who were not finally defeated until the Romans did so in 70AD with the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. Here are some pictures …
I am currently reading Walter Russell Mead's book God and Gold, subtitled Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World. In this book, he discusses the role of religion as one of the forces in the making of the Western Enlightenment societies we have today. He says this about the Jews in today's world: …
And what is "Jerusalem Day", you ask? It is a holiday in the State of Israel, celebrating the 51st anniversary of the Jewish Liberation of Jerusalem, uniting it as one city, the GREATEST City, in the State of Israel. And our President Donald Trump has given the Jewish people of Israel another great gift this …
I am very fond of Daniel Silva's thrillers, about his Hero, Israeli Intelligence Operative (and now head honcho), Gabriel Allon. Gabriel has worked tirelessly for his country, eliminating terrorists of every stripe, all over the world. His first wife, Leah, who for years has lived in a psychiatric hospital in Israel, was made insane by …
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