Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

Madam, I’m Adam

One of the things the Iranians think is going to work for them against the U.S. Navy is their strategy of having a lot of small, fast boats go after the Navy’s larger, slower vessels. They will probably have explosives … Continue reading

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Hulk smash Meimei!

Yeah, still not caring about the news. Meimei’s been jumping on my bookshelves lately, at least, on the lower couple of shelves. She finds it a great place to get to the high ground when she’s battling Tig. I’ve been … Continue reading

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It’s kitty picture time

I’m just not in the mood for another depressing news roundup. Have a picture of my beautiful girl instead. The ball is her absolute favorite toy. It’s the only one she actually fetches these days. She has about ten others, … Continue reading

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Mother’s Day Briefs

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms who read this site. Yeah, I have a hard time feeling sorry for them: What’s it like to be a religious Jew behind bars? Read this article and find out. It’s filled with … Continue reading

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Caturday

Some new kitty pictures for you. Miss Meimei, growing into Gracie’s cat bed. Not that she’s going to be as big as Miss Gracie was. I doubt Meimei will get much more than six pounds. Here’s Tig. I started petting … Continue reading

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The Eleventh Commandment

In the fever swamps of the anti-Israel mind, there is an Eleventh Commandment. Thou shalt not support Israel. Thou shalt not support Israel, part one: An Orthodox Arab priest was fired for saying he thinks Arab Israelis should serve in … Continue reading

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Defining Islamism down

President Obama was given a humanitarian award by Steven Spielberg’s USC’s Shoah Foundation. Here’s what he said: “We only need to look at today’s headlines: The devastation of Syria, the murders and kidnappings in Nigeria, the sectarian conflicts, the tribal … Continue reading

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Wednesday briefs

No, there is no double standard: When Israel expels African migrants who are looking for work (not fleeing persecution or war), the world lashes out and the media launches a thousand stories. When Leban on expels Syrian Palestinians feeling the … Continue reading

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Common stupidity

Over the weekend, we learned that a school district in California assigned its eighth graders an 18-page essay for an exercise in critical thinking. The exercise? Holocaust denial. The sources the students were sent to? Holocaust denial websites. The 18-page … Continue reading

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Monday, briefly

Everything new is old again: Here’s another fine analysis of what’s happening in Russia. Keep Simply Jews on your daily reading list and you won’t miss translations like this. No, I don’t need a million articles about it: Yes, tragically, … Continue reading

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Me, Hamas, and I told you so

Yeah, Hamas is never, ever going to “moderate”. Excuse me while I try not to laugh at the morons who keep insisting that Hamas will leave peacefully with Israel once there is a Palestinian state. They will not. Hamas is … Continue reading

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But don’t call it anti-Semitism

Iran has banned WhatsApp, a messaging site, because its owner is an “American Zionist”. The Iranian regime has banned access to the WhatsApp messaging site, a popular site for many to communicate both inside and outside the country, stating that … Continue reading

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Thursday briefs

Left hand, right hand: Why, yes, Hamas is still actively embracing terror as a way to deal with Israel, in spite of its pretense of agreement with Fatah for now. The State Department issued a report about it. But don’t … Continue reading

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A week late, but happy blogiversary to me

On April 22nd, 2001, I started this blog. The first pages were hand-coded HTML. I was so green I didn’t know that permalinks were simply anchors on the page, so the first few months there were no individual post links. … Continue reading

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Holocaust Remembrance Day

A reading list for Yom HaShoah. The Holocaust’s foremost unsung hero Yad Vashem’s website The boy who ran for three years to escape the Holocaust The March of the Living Survivors’ most traumatic moments

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