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Michael Kuttner
Running for cover
Pick one of these definitions, and you will have a perfect explanation of current developments.
“Attempt to guard yourself from a bad situation or from...
Between the lines
The definition of reading between the lines is “to understand what someone really means or what is really happening in a situation, even though...
Blowin’ in the wind
Readers of a certain vintage will remember this popular song released in 1963 and top of the hit parade for some time.
One definition I...
Consequences
We are currently in what is commonly referred to as “the nine days” leading up to 9 Av – the Fast of Tisha B’Av.
This...
When later is already too late
Far too frequently, especially in Jewish lives, postponing difficult decisions can have dire consequences.
We have found over the millennia to our recurring cost that...
It ain’t necessarily so
If you were to believe the unbelievable hype surrounding the visit to Israel of President Joe Biden, you would think that the messianic age...
La La Land
This colloquial term’s definition is: “a euphoric, dreamlike mental state detached from the harsher realities of life.”
With this week’s visit by the President of...
Crusades resurrected
Between 1095 and 1291 the Catholic Church sponsored and blessed crusades to the Holy Land that were intended to recover Jerusalem and its surrounding...
Oy Veh
This Yiddish exclamation or its Hebrew equivalent of Oy Va Voy can be variously translated as “grief,” “pain,” “frustration” or “exasperation.”
Whichever definition you may...
Bad mouthing then and now
We have just read the portion of the Torah which describes the episode of the twelve spies and the repercussions which ensued following their...
