Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel
There is a good reason why politics and religion may be compared to the mixture of meat and milk. Milk by itself is a very nutritious food. Meat by itself is also a source of protein and vitamins, yet when we mix the two together, they both become a forbidden mixture. Politics is a field of endeavor that has the potential to be beneficial for society. ...
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Ghost Riders: Inside Israel’s Undercover War Against Suicide Terrorism by Samuel Katz - Publisher: Berkley (2016) ISBN: 1592409016-Price (Amazon) $18.00-Rated: 5*
Reviewed by Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel
There is hardly a day when we don’t read another story about a terrorist attack. For the most part, Radical Islam has demonstrated an almost uncanny ability to raise itself from the ashes of death. Whenever I read about the latest terrorist attack, I cannot help but think about ...
Learn More ShareWhenever I hear Obama and his minions claim that “Islam is the religion of peace,” I cannot help but think the President is utilizing several concepts drawn from writer George Orwell’s famous book, Nineteen Eighty-Four. In this political parable, he writes about how the people of Oceania are trained from childhood to be vigilant in detecting and persecuting anything that the State considers as “evil.” Simply put, the State ...
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A Contrast in Leadership: King Abdullah and President Obama
Some of us have short memories and some of us have long memories. This writer in particular will not ignore two noteworthy events that occurred in the last six months. Both of these events involved ISIS executing its hapless captives. Both of these events present two very different kinds of responses–as different as day and night.
President Obama took to the podium and said some appropriate remarks for the tragic death of the ...
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