Rosh Hashanah

Rosh Hashanah--the Jewish New Year--starts this evening, at sundown.  

The holiday is the beginning of Judaism's Days of Awe, the ten-day period which culminates in Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement.

If you are observing the High Holidays, my best wishes to you.

The Bird of the Week, from the American Bird Conservancy

The "Chipping Sparrow."

https://abcbirds.org/bird/chipping-sparrow/

From The Washington Post: " ‘It was riot and mayhem’: Biden, honoring police, warns against distorting Capitol assault"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-capitol-congressional-gold-medal/2021/08/05/1033968c-f5f7-11eb-a49b-d96f2dac0942_story.html

Good wishes for Juneteenth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The anniversary of George Floyd's death

You think about the killing of George Floyd, a year ago today--and it remains breathtaking, and heartbreaking: the tragedy and sadness of it, the terrible cruelty of it.  Mr. Floyd's killing remains (and will always remain) a deeply sickening event in America's history.

George Floyd

Someday, I would like to travel from New Jersey, and visit the location, the place on the street, where George Floyd was killed--to pay tribute to him, to honor him.

Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney: "I will vote to impeach the President"

From the statement, today, by Rep. Liz Cheney, the 3rd-highest ranking Republican in Congress:    

"Much more will become clear in coming days and weeks, but what we know now is enough. The President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing. None of this would have happened without the President. The President could have immediately and forcefully intervened to stop the violence. He did not. There has never been a greater betrayal by a President of the United States of his office and his oath to the Constitution

 

"I will vote to impeach the President."

 

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000176-f8dc-d367-a17e-fefc40700000