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Never Forget

Published on September 11, 2016 By sirrahc

“Mourn the dead, Fight like hell for the living.” — Mother Jones There are scads of 9/11 memorial images and memes online, but I wanted to share just a few that I really liked. Like!0

Defining Islam

Published on January 18, 2015 By sirrahc

Last week’s post included an excerpt from Nabeel Qureshi’s book Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity (2014), and I would like to include another one here. It is particularly relevant today, with the jihadists being called “radical” and other Muslims being called “moderate” and all of them saying their interpretation and practice […]

A Small Price to Pay

Published on September 17, 2010 By sirrahc

In the preceding post, some of the final comments by Larry Sternberg were about the potential loss of certain civil liberties under the Patriot Act. In that vein, I just had to post this additional bit I also read recently. It’s by another Jew, writer/journalist/commentator Bernard Goldberg, who was remarking on this point in regards […]

A Patriot's Message

Published on July 2, 2010 By sirrahc

I considered holding off posting this until September 11th but decided that it was equally apropos for July 4th. It may be a bit idealistic, but I hope you will find it as affirming and inspiring as I do. If the immediate horror of 9/11 has dissipated, the attack nevertheless served as a profound reminder […]