1. Well clearly, the event and story of the week has been President Obama's visit to Cairo and his speech to the Muslim world. I have been amazed at the number of wide-ranging reactions from all sides of the spectrum. I am still figuring out my take of the whole thing, and am very interested in yours. So here are a variety of materials, including the video of the address as well as the text, and numerous reactions - some of which may surprise you.
Here are a variety of articles from David Horowitz of FrontPage Magazine, from the National Review, Caroline Glick, Jonah Goldberg, and Canada's National Post. In the interests of fairness and balance, I also enclose a deconstruction of the address by various Canadian Muslims.
2. Another important Obama-related story from this week is his visit to Buchenwald. Let's give him full credit for this one.
3. Today is the 65th anniversary of D-Day.
We should all take a moment and remember the sacrifices of the Canadian, American, British and other servicemen on that terrible day.
4. So, apart from the usual, here's a good reason to go to synagogue - you just never know who you will meet! Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting a very interesting couple from Toronto. Today, I was accompanied by one of families who have moved here from Israel on their first visit to our synagogue. At the Kiddush, I met Joel Glazier of Delaware - a Beatles expert - a fascinating man, as evidenced by this article and this.
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