September 15, 2023 Jewish new year 5784 begins Friday evening with Rosh Hashanah The Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah starts Friday night at sundown. It marks the beginning of the new year 5784 and is the first of the two High Holidays.
March 2, 2023 Sheriff to hate group: ‘I’m honored to be on your hit list’ A Florida sheriff has made it clear there’s no place for hate in his county.
August 9, 2022 New lawsuit filed against state of Florida, Gov. DeSantis over abortion law The synagogue suing the state over its new abortion restriction law announced it filed a new suit with multiple plaintiffs.
June 30, 2022 Gov. DeSantis: Judge ruling Florida abortion law unconstitutional was ‘not unanticipated’ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said he was disappointed but not surprised that a judge will temporarily block the state’s 15-week abortion ban ā with no exceptions for rape or incest ā from taking effect.
June 16, 2022 Gov. DeSantis launches 9th Python Challenge in the Everglades Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced registration for the 9th annual Python Challenge is beginning, at a news conference in the Everglades, west of Miami.
December 27, 2020 I got your book, Tom Cantor And I hope you wish I didnāt! It seems most people would want everyone to be more like them, as opposed to wanting others…
December 5, 2020 Dan Rather: Raising a ruckus in a good way from Texas to TV, and now the Twitterverse You may not have heard much about Dan Rather lately. I don’t remember seeing him on TV except as a guest on NBC News,…
October 23, 2020 When to talk and when to not The idea for this blog post came today when I noticed an article called “Where cancel culture stops,” by Yisroel Besser in Mishpacha magazine, meant for Orthodox Jews. (I apologize…
May 1, 2020 Is Facebook facing the fact its Community Standards struck out with me 3 times in one night? If youāre a longtime reader, then youāve probably seen the phase I went through, ending articles with this phrase: If you appreciate what you…
March 22, 2020 Coronavirus doesn’t favor any group over another, so we shouldn’t with money I had several blog posts half-written and want to finish them, but I’ve been too busy with other things, including reconstructing posts in this…
July 8, 2019 Video: First fiery justice, then the law A man the BBC calls a “far-right extremist” ā who set fire to a synagogue, a year ago ā first went down in flames…
May 2, 2019 Thinking about religion, belief and recent violence Vacation time is up. We’re into May and I haven’t written a “real blog post” for you in a month and a half, since…
March 16, 2019 Control of the media after the mosque attacks in New Zealand THANK YOU to the two new followers from over the past week, bringing the total up to 116. I hope you like what you…
January 22, 2019 Martin Luther King Day, a victim of the (official) Women’s March First off, yes, I may be a day late, but this is definitely not a dollar short! I wanted to make sure this post…
January 7, 2019 Odds, ends and new beginnings It’s always good to be remembered, and hopefully being your last new year’s message of the year will keep some of my thoughts on…
January 2, 2019 Banned from Facebook pages twice in 2 days! Sometimes, interesting things happen when you read friends’ Facebook pages. I’m not talking about going to look on purpose, which I’ve done before. I’m…
December 12, 2018 Exposing hate, close to home (as if acceptable anywhere) My interest started when I was looking at my Facebook feed over the weekend and saw this post from a former coworker. Obviously, we’re…
November 4, 2018 Difficult week, from anger to sadness, as election approaches I don’t remember a seven-day period like the time since last Saturday. That’s when I woke up, turned on the TV, and saw what…
October 28, 2018 Not a good day for political thoughts, the USA as a whole I’ve known I had another blog post “due” before the election, if you know how I think, but too much on my mind and…
October 10, 2018 The case against us all paying for private schools Several times a year, before elections, a man in Florida emails me about who to support in elections down there. The goal is to…
October 2, 2018 News starting out good but going downhill fast It’s a happy moment at CohenConnect.com. (Online definition of moment: “a very brief period of time.” The italics are mine.) September’s blog numbers were…
September 14, 2018 Eric Trump and his shekels I try not to go more than a week without posting something. Unfortunately, it has been 11 days dues to holidays that won’t be…
September 3, 2018 Labor Day weekend leftovers I don’t know, but I’m pretty sure you’ve had a busy week, between getting used to having your kids in school or planning what…
July 17, 2018 More moderation in politics, not so in casting calls I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. There’s too much going on, between job stuff, the news and that last blog post I…
June 29, 2018 Certification expiring, definitely done teaching The first thing I have to say is this blog was planned for today. It doesn’t have anything to do with Wednesday’s Supreme Court…
June 7, 2018 Grave situation for hours outside Detroit Aug. 26, 2018 UPDATE: Grave marker raised and leveled, in early August. I may be back in a few weeks. I don’t go on…