Shoes and swastikas

By RUTHIE BLUM, ISRAEL HAYOM— On Monday, the 33rd Knesset approved the government that was finally forged by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Some politicians were rejoicing, others seething with resentment. But all were considering the arrangements for and implications of U.S. President Barack Obama’s imminent arrival in Jerusalem on Wednesday. The King David Hotel has…

Wish I'd said that

“It is not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, shoes face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.” —Teddy Roosevelt, 1910 speech

Pope Francis reaches out to Jews

By KARL RITTER — AP– VATICAN CITY (AP) — Like his predecessor, Pope Francis reached out to Rome’s Jewish community at the very start of his pontificate, pledging to continue to strengthen the increasingly close ties between Catholics and Jews. Just hours after he was elected the first non-European pope in history, Francis sent a…