Sir Roger Scruton died! It’s really sad. He was a great friend to Eastern Europeans when we didn’t have many. Not that we’ve got crowds of them now, of course. But Scruton understood and supported Eastern Europe until his death.
Here’s a great recent piece that’s fairly short for those who don’t know him.
Loved the speech. Have never heard his name, but now will try to find out more.
“the job of the politician is not to stir up conflict but to soothe it.”
I wish… In Israel, it is an endless election season now – soon we’ll have 3rd election in a year – and the politicians are stirring with all their might.
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Here is the latest scandal of our ‘peace creating’ politicians. As a FSU Jew, I was insulted:
https://m-jpost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/m.jpost.com/Israel-News/Politics-And-Diplomacy/Change-Law-of-Return-says-chief-rabbi-following-FSU-non-Jews-comments-613440/amp?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCKAE%3D#aoh=15789005589665&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2FIsrael-News%2FPolitics-And-Diplomacy%2FChange-Law-of-Return-says-chief-rabbi-following-FSU-non-Jews-comments-613440
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