Upon rising in the morning an orthodox Jewish man recites a benediction, giving thanks to God for not having been born a woman. When confronted that this is sexism, he will argue that this is not negative towards women but allows God to place different obligations of observance on the two sexes. What bull-shit!! Continue Reading
WOMEN-GAYS-JEWS always facing discrimination and hatred — Edited by Aviva Rubin I don’t know if you noticed the order in which my title was printed but it is not that way by chance. It has to do with the numbers and representation in our world to-day. As a Jew now in my late eighties, Continue Reading
The idea that people with massive money can buy an American election is dead .Now in truth it was not a real election but a bid for the Democratic party nomination, but it is done by winning delegates from states, and the more votes the more delegates a candidate gets, the closer the candidate is Continue Reading
Picasso’s painting “Dora Maar au Chat” was sold by Sotheby’s at an auction in 2006 in New York for ( hold your breath) $96,216,000. I am willing to part with my Rubin painting for only $1,000,000. It now hangs in my bedroom and I praise it in my mind daily. I call my painting “Kathy Continue Reading
A simple incident can change the direction of your life. Write me about it and I will put it into my blog. I came from a poor family and I was brought up by my mother (divorced) and grandmother. I never did well in school and failed in grade 7. I knew nothing about studying. Continue Reading
INDESTRUCTIBLE. That was the praise attached to the plastics industry products. Who could argue with a product that would last forever? Not expensive and never having to be replaced. And it is quite obvious that nobody thought of the future, and I emphasize nobody. Plastics are polymers that abound in nature and cellulose, the material Continue Reading