Jews in the News

Here are two firsts: Read about the first Israeli to fight for a world boxing title; and the first black female rabbi!

Excuses for Murder

Instapundit links to this excellent Dorothy Rabinowitz column; and Dennis Prager has a good column over at Jewish World Review, both in regards to political correctness in the coverage of the Fort Hood terrorist. It's just incomprehensible to me. Any night now, I expect Hasan's lawyer to give the usual sob story to a sympathetic Larry King.

Veterans Day

Take a look at this display of photos showing how Veterans Day was commemorated around the world.

The Oys of Yiddish

Metafilter reports on this interesting survey:

"The Survey of American Jewish Language and Identity reports on the results of an online survey of 25,179 American Jews and 4,874 American Gentiles. Non-Jews say 'klutz' but not 'schmutz.' The more Orthodox you are, the more likely you are to say "Good Shabbos" instead of "Shabbat Shalom." And so much more you'll plotz."

The Meaning of Armistice Day

This article and this one discuss the importance of Armistice Day/Veterans Day, created to commemorate the end of World War I at 11 am on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, November 11, 1918.

Random Thoughts by Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell has some random thoughts, including this one:

"An e-mail from a reader says that liberals like to take the moral high ground, even though their own moral relativism means that there is no moral high ground."

When Political Correctness Kills

What does it say about our country when hurt feelings are more important than people's lives?

Haveil Havalim Time

Jack himself is the host of Haveil Havalim #242 - Taking Responsibility edition, at Random Thoughts - Do They Have Meaning?

Kristallnacht: November 9, 1938

Yad Vashem has an exhibition to mark the 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass.

More Health Care Lowlights

Doug Ross @ Journal sums up the health care bill in 90 seconds. Let's hope against hope that the Senate won't pass this monstrosity.