Holocaust Remembrance Day

Ed Mosberg at age 86, still chasing money. Look at that outfit.

FROM A LONGTIME FRIEND, Ajan; many thanks:

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/parsippany_developer_indicted.html

Parsippany developer Edward Mosberg was indicted today by a federal grand jury that charged him with paying off a township official to advance construction projects in Morris County's biggest town. [Morris County is a center of Orthodox Jewish communities where they used to hang LIVE chickens in the kosher butchers' windows (on hooks?), see here]

The charges handed up in Newark allege the 82-year-old builder gave discounts on homes he sold to planning board attorney John Montefusco Sr. and his family, in exchange for official favors from 1987 to 2007.

This image is familiar to everyone and doesn't need to be explained. But why should we believe what we do about it? It's really quite pedestrian in itself.

By Carolyn Yeager

IS IT JUST ME OR IS the “Holocaust” losing its pizazz.

It seems that what's been coming out lately as new holocaust and antisemitism stories are dull and recycled.

I do know the World Jewish Congress is using the same schtick for this year's International Holocaust Remembrance Day, coming up in less than two weeks now on January 27th, that they used last year: the “I remember” campaign. Take a look at this promotional picture they put out for it – does it stir your blood in any way?