My dad traveled to America, alone, in August 1913. He was 15. And, overboard went his T’fillen. No. He wasn’t from Germany. He was from Krakow. Coming to America, though, was a journey into the Enlightenment. An “adventure, before courage kicks in.”

By the way, Ben Gurion was not enamored of the lunatics in the Jewish movement. However, in building a political system he could handle, he divested ALL faith into the hands of a few. And, if I had to guess? He was hoping most Jews would turn secular.

Now? Well, gone’s the day that Elizabeth Taylor represented a shiksa, who became an American Jew. Today, you think Talansky represents all that much?

The last time (long ago), I went to Temple, what I saw was that all the heads had grey hair. Or else, it was dyed from grey to something else. You can’t run successful religions when the pews empty out.

Lucky for Israel, I guess, that it’s a small country. So that travelers from the evangelicals to the orthodox rich NY Jews, fills the coffers.

But this is the first time a man from America wanted his voice counted against the Prime Minister.

Olmert started off with Arik Sharon’s stroke. People were in shock! Meanwhile? I think he exemplifes the best you can get in a politician. Well? Just like Bill Clinton! His stock went up as his pants settled down around his ankles.

You want explanations for human behaviors?

The only thing I know is that no one really works for free. And, when you smell this cockroach, it’s usually the tail end of Marx that is stinking up the place!

IF OLMERT SURVIVES! Wow, what a story that will tell!

As to the religous nutters. They lost the argument when they said Rabin’s killer deserved a wife. And, then they hand-carried his ejaculate out, so his wife could get impregnated. Want to know what I think? I think that was a miss-use of science.

Tell me, how far can the uber religious get, if their philosophy includes that a man doesn’t have to work for a living? He can kill a popular Prime Minister, and what’s the punishment? The “blood on his hands” arguments just got tossed out from the window.”

And, other than birthing them … where cousins are known to intermarry … the ultra orthodox aren’t able to claim new adherents.

If anything? Secular Judaism is on the rise.

And, for Sabras? Perhaps the door to “living elsewhere,” other than in Israel, opens wide?

As if you didn’t know in every age Jews leave home.

Not sure I’m crystal clear on what a messianic Jew is, but if I’m not mistaken, they are not violent people. So who cares if they hand out Bibles? Getting hysterical over it seems like a luxury with Israelis and Jews worldwide facing the double-headed monster of Islamofascism and nuclear proliferation.

I think these guys need to chill out and appreciate the humor here. When I was growing up in the U.S. in the 70′s, we kids viewed the Jehovah’s Witnesses ringing our doorbell and Hare Krishnas giving us flowers at the airport as a nice bit of fun.