Some great investigative journalism
Slow posting here at the moment, I am very busy with other writing projects.
But, here are a couple of examples of excellent investigative journalism into ‘Gaza Aid’ that I highly recommend you read.
First, on the Tomer Devorah blog HERE.
And Chananya Weissman is also covering the story, posted up HERE.
Kol HaKavod to both, for doing some excellent, and brave, investigative journalism.
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One more thing that I can’t resist posting up – a recent tweet from RFK Jnr:
During her interview on @PiersMorgan Candace Owen @RealCandaceO referred to what she termed “radical Judaism” and characterized the iconic Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Schneerson, as someone who “preached Jewish supremacism and hatred of all non-Jews.” These words are a sickening… pic.twitter.com/nkPwbjY7wM
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) September 5, 2024
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If you’re too lazy to click through and read the whole thing, here’s a crucial snippet:
My father considered him a spiritual mentor and sought his advice on diverse issues of morality and ethics. He once visited the Rebbe at 2 o’clock in the morning!
As part of the ongoing program of learning to ‘think for yourself’ – what do you notice here, that strikes you as strange or surprising?
Answers on a postcard….
I might not be good at this, but here goes:
1. The guy to his left (our right) smirking at him (either RFK Sr. or the Rebbe, or both)
2. The signature at the bottom, appearing to say Warman, NY — with no year indicated on it.
I was thinking more along the lines of why a catholic politician who wasnt running in NYC would have a jewish rebbe as his moral guide, and be visiting him at 2am….
I thought you meant “what do you notice here, that strikes you as strange or surprising?” to refer to the picture. You meant the situation, right?
Yes, I ought to know that the Kennedy family is Catholic, since Massachusetts was my home — the state that Joseph Kennedy, their father, migrated to from Ireland — from the age of 2 until after high school.
I also remember what happened to Mary Jo Kopechne very well; this turned me against the Kennedys because Edward, known as Ted, the youngest of that family’s generation, got away with her drowning. (I spelled her name correctly; you can search for it and find out what happened if you don’t know. What I didn’t know was that she did a lot for the Kennedys to help get them where they got to. Did she deserve what happened to her at their hands?)