A family tradition |
| Published: July 29, 2007, 3:02 pm |
| Tags: washington, politics, shoah, antisemitism |
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The son of a good family who stole apples from a cart did not become a thief overnight. The deed has its roots in previous generations. Perhaps his very pious grandfather hid behind the bimah of the synagogue in the name of humility, but the act contained a trace of deception (geneivas daas) because he was acting more pious than he really was. His scholarly son went a step further and “stole” chiddushei Torah from other scholars by reciting them in his own name. The grandson, in turn, became an apple thief. –Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka *** If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator. –George W. Bush Last week the BBC uncovered evidence of President George W. Bush’s grandfather Prescott Bush’s involvement in a 1933 plot to overthrow FDR in a famous coup that would have replaced American democracy with a fascist dictatorship. The coup was the subject of the acclaimed 1973 [ Full article ] |
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