(Follow the whole story at http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/tag/trapped-in-georgia/.) I waited on hold for almost two hours before finally being connected to someone in the customer relations department at U.S. Airways. I started out by asking if I could just get someone to read my letter rather than being forced to tell the whole story again, and she… Read More »
(Follow the whole story at http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/tag/trapped-in-georgia/.) I faxed the letter below to the U.S. Airways customer relations department over 40 minutes ago. So far, no response (no surprise there). I then tried to call them using the toll-free voice number on the slip of paper they gave me at the airport (to tell them I… Read More »
(Follow the whole story at http://blog.kamens.brookline.ma.us/tag/trapped-in-georgia/.) There’s an old Dilbert strip where the boss makes his disdain for his employees so clear that Dilbert blurts out, “Good Lord! You’ve stopped even pretending to be on our side!” This is what came to mind to me today when I realized that U.S. Airways has stopped even… Read More »
Some day I would like to be the first ballot counted by the machine on Election Day, but alas, with five kids in the house, I doubt that day will come for a while :-). I was up before 5am — couldn’t sleep. Got the kids up at 6:15. Got breakfast and lunches made and… Read More »
This moving pro-Obama video testimonial is by Janette Hillis-Jaffe, an Orthodox Jew living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hillis-Jaffe was so offended by the anti-Obama smears being circulated in the Jewish community, that she felt compelled to respond by making this video. Some excerpts: I’m a Jewish Mother… so I worry! There was a time when I… Read More »
Several weeks ago, I contacted Joan Pasquale, the executive director of the Parents and Community Build Group (PCBG), to inquire about the possibility of volunteers for the Obama campaign running a voter registration table at the fair.
In his weekly opinion column on August 22, M.J. Rosenberg argues that Israel would endanger Jews living outside of Israel by attacking Iran. Furthermore, he rattles off a frightening laundry list of negative outcomes which he claims would result from such an attack: “An Israeli attack on Iran—absent an imminent threat of attack from Iran—is… Read More »
The National Jewish Democratic Council just released an awesome fact sheet on some of McCain’s biggest flip-flops. Read or link to it here: http://njdc.typepad.com/njdcs_blog/2008/07/senator-mccain.html Digg it here: http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/McCain_flip_flop_fact_sheet This is powerful stuff!
The Torah does not like gays. For some Jews, this is not a difficult challenge to overcome. The Torah may have been inspired by God, but it was written by men. Its intolerance toward homosexuals can be written off as the outdated bigotry of a bygone age. For others, it is not a challenge at… Read More »