This Week's Sign the Apocalypse is upon us.....

My Visa bill is under $500.

While I celebrate, Visa mourns.

"Suck it, Trebek. Suck it hard."

The proverbial straw.....why Ilan Halimi?

Y'know, as a Jew and as a Zionist, call me names. Tell me Israel doesn't have a right to exist; tell me that Zionism is racism; even tell me the Holocaust never happened.....I can deal. But this......this, I cannot deal with. This story is tragic not only because of what happened, but because no one is reporting it. A Danish newspaper runs cartoons; the world stops spinning. A young Jew is abducted and tortured for 2 weeks at the hands of French Muslim youth; business as usual. Maybe that's the problem.....just business as usual.

May Ilan Halimi's painful end serve as a reminder to the rest of us Jews that no matter how advanced we think we've come; no matter how nice people speak to and about us; no matter how goods things are looking, remember, there is a Jew somewhere in this world that is paying the price of his Judaism with his life. It is incumbent on us to ensure this does not repeat.

Please find articles on Ilan and read them. He is a true modern day hero, and only together can we ensure his life wasn't taken for nothing.

Prayers and good wishes to the Halimi family and to all Jews worldwide that continue to believe in what it means to lead a Jewish life. Amen.

Happy belated Rosh Chodesh Adar

Let's sing it together!!!

You all know the song.....Meeshe Neechnas Adar Marbim B'Simcha!!!

So this month is a joyous one, now is it? Makes sense. Mr. Nathaniel Bouganim will wed this Sunday evening in Montreal. Nat and myself went to Hebrew Academy together for many, many years. Following my rule (if I was at his Bar Mitzvah, I'll be at his wedding), I look forward to re-connecting with other alums from the class of '79, errrrr, I mean '96.

What else to celebrate? Well, Israel Week hits Queen's on Monday, with unbelievable programs, parties and information. Has there ever been a better time to be a Zionist? I think not...

Less than 3 weeks until Spring officially arrives. And with this new season comes hopes for the Summer months.....hopes of Israel, of camp and of golf.

Or how about Queen's Hillel's first ever semi-formal? The Bar Mitzvah Bash '06 will prove to be a real throw back to those good ole days of Bar/Bat Mitzvah-hood.

Meeshe Neechnas Adar Marbim B'Simcha?

Well, it sure seems so, doesn't it?