Witnessing Change in Iran?

What is happening in Iran is intriguing, fascinating, confusing, and amazing. The recent election and convoluted aftermath have become political footballs in our country and throughout the west.  In today’s technological age, anyone can voice his or her opinion. (and they are…)
The repercussions on Israel, the United States and the West of what is happening right now in Iran could be staggering.
With this blog, I will be quite brief. The best site I have been tracking is on the Huffington Post. It includes a blog by Nico Pitney. He is devoting hours to collect links, twitters, e-mails, video, translations, and on, and on, and on. He has done the hard work for us.
I can imagine some of you may be biased against the Huffington Post. The bottom line is that despite the political leanings of this Web site, Pitney’s content is highly impressive.
I encourage you to visit this site but also to respond with suggestions of other sites to visit. Let’s engage in dialogue. I want to hear your opinion of what is happening in Iran, why it is happening, and how it is or is not in our best interests.
What an amazing time to be alive!

Barbarians at the gates?

Once again, the normalcy of our routines has been shattered by murderous violence. On Wednesday afternoon, James Wenneker Von Brunn allegedly entered the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., and opened fire on security guard Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire. Both Johns and Von Brunn were hospitalized, but Johns died soon thereafter, and as of this writing, Von Brunn is in critical condition. Johns worked for six years protecting anyone who visited the Holocaust Museum. He died for us … and he died for anyone who strives to eradicate anti-Semitism, bigotry, intolerance and hatred from our world.

Horror in Wichita

Can we imagine someone entering the Blatt Levenson Sanctuary on a random Friday evening and opening fire on a lawyer who defended a doctor’s right to perform abortions, or on the doctor who performed the procedures, or upon me, a rabbi who defends a woman’s “right to choose”?