JWR UPDATE (Please start reading at top)

01/08/2010, 12:48 am UPDATE (from Rafi N.):

Below please find 18 stupendous! columns.

Binyamin asked that you continue to pray for him using his Hebrew name: Binyamin Leib ben (Hebrew: son of) Peshe.

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Wesley Pruden: There's no penalty for sleeping on the job

Greg Crosby: Brassy blondes

Lori Borgman: New art hard to picture

Arnold Ahlert: Embracing Bigotry — or Rejecting Bullying?

Linda Chavez: Don't Take Cues from Al Sharpton

The Medicine Man: Using Citizens as Sky Marshals — Remembering Posse Comitatus

Diana West: Yet another way political correctness will kill us

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Some light at the end of the security tunnel

Cokie and Steve Roberts: Face of the nation, face of the world

Dave Weinbaum: The inner attack against the United States

Paul Greenberg: The Corporate State

David Limbaugh: His ‘Highness’ or His ‘Highhandedness’?

Suzanne Fields: When War Is Not Metaphor

Jonah Goldberg: What the GOP Can Learn From a Pizza Chain

Michelle Malkin: Why Is Hillary's State Department Getting UndyBomber Pass?

Mona Charen: It's Freezing: Must Be Global Warming

Dick Morris: The retirement Flu: Dems start to stampede

Charles Krauthammer: Obama's Guantanamo obsession

01/07/2010, 12:12 am UPDATE (from Rafi N.):

Below please find 15 cracker jack! columns.

Binyamin asked that you continue to pray for him using his Hebrew name: Binyamin Leib ben (Hebrew: son of) Peshe.

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Victor Davis Hanson: 2010: Our Year of Decision

Susan Reimer: A spreadsheet for happiness? Thanks, but I'll take the wine

Lloyd Garver: Free Can Be Costly

Roger Simon: UFO Myths Hard To Shoot Down

A. Barton Hinkle: Gun-Control Advocates Play Fast and Loose

Larry Elder: Sarah Palin: Wrong Prescription for America?

Michael Smerconish: The flying emperor still has no clothes, and no one is willing to say so

David Broder: Obama's 9/11

Clarence Page: Yemen's Problems Are Ours, Too

Bob Tyrrell: Obama's 2nd Systemic Failure

Jonah Goldberg: For Liberalism, It's Hangover Time

Froma Harrop: An Unchained Dodd Rides Into Finance Reform

Michael Barone: Can Cocksure Obama Change Course — and Keep His Nerve?

Dick Morris: Dodd and Dorgan quit sinking ship

George Will: Pigskin piggy bank

01/06/2010, 12:30 am UPDATE (from Rafi N.):

Below please find 17 stellar columns!

Binyamin asked that you continue to pray for him using his Hebrew name: Binyamin Leib ben (Hebrew: son of) Peshe.

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Paul Greenberg: Fasten Your Seatbelts: Bumpy Ride Ahead

The Village Idiot by Jim Mullen: Warning: Column contains 2010 spoilers

Marybeth Hicks: Fatherhood by billboard?

Jeff Jacoby: Medicare and the Mayo Clinic

Arnold Ahlert: Hanging by an Ideological Thread

Jack Kelly: Handicapping our qualification-challenged protectors

Ed Koch: The War on Terror Is A War, Not A Police Action

Dennis Prager: Controlling When You Relieve Yourself, Not Body Scan, Invades Privacy

Nat Hentoff: Roar, tyrants, you cannot hide your racist deeds

Tony Blankley: Ignore Churchill at our own risk

John Stossel: Who Is Wesley Mouch?

Jonah Goldberg: A No-Fly List? Count Me In

Michelle Malkin: Obama and the Vampire Congress

Dick Morris: Obama's policies and priorities are leaving us exposed

Walter Williams: Untrue beliefs

Thomas Sowell: Intellectuals and Society: Part II

01/05/2010, 12:30 am UPDATE (from Rafi N.):

Below please find 14 masterful columns.

Binyamin asked that you continue to pray for him using his Hebrew name: Binyamin Leib ben (Hebrew: son of) Peshe.

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.: Where does 'the buck stop'?

Gene Weingarten: Thesaurus rex: In terms of terminology, I'm is practically prehistoric

Tom Purcell: New Year's Resolutions, Fed-style

Wesley Pruden: A little religion for the messiah

Tim Rutten: It was the worst of times

Debra J. Saunders: Another Entitlement That's Unsustainable

Mona Charen: Democratic Payoffs, Er, Stimulus

Anne Applebaum: How every year we waste millions on wasteful homeland-security projects

David Limbaugh: War on Terror? What War?

Mark Bowden: A proud franchise of the terror organization

Rich Lowry: Death of a theory

Byron York: GOP deserves blame for Democratic excesses

Cal Thomas: A War by Any Other Name

Thomas Sowell: Intellectuals and society

01/04/2010, 12:30 am UPDATE (from Rafi N.):

Below please find 12 splendid columns that will have you thinking and laughing.

Binyamin asked that you continue to pray for him using his Hebrew name: Binyamin Leib ben (Hebrew: son of) Peshe.

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Mark Steyn: Pantybomber exposes naked bureaucracy

Mitch Albom: There's Nothing Sporting About Gossip as 'News'

Dave Barry: Discourse on the ‘Course’

Arnold Ahlert: Our ‘Wonderama’ Bureaucracy

Marty Peretz: The President Finally Uses the Word ‘Terror.’ So Abdulmutallab Is No Longer an ‘Isolated Extremist.’ He Is a Muslim Terrorist.

Jeff Jacoby: Let's keep the death tax dead

Robert J. Samuelson: In the aftermath of the Great Recession

Kathryn Lopez: And justice for all

Kathleen Parker: National security is in President Obama's court

Michael Barone: GOP Should Push Education and Pro-Family Tax Reform

Bill O': Merry Christmas, al-Qaida Style

George Will: In N.Y., government's eminent arrogance

01/01/2010, 4 am UPDATE (from Rafi N.):

Sorry 'bout the delay, folks. I offered to volunteer for the next couple of days but wondered if today was necessary. Binyamin believes that there will be readers today. "Don't want to cause JWR withdrawal ," he tells me. "My readers count on JWR. The site is here to serve them." Indeed, it is.

HERE'S a letter Binyamin wrote to JWR friends.

Below please find 15 fantastic columns.

May this year be the best one yet!

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Wesley Pruden: Not much to show for year's work

Lori Borgman: 2009 was a Tiger of a year

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Despite cracks, crystal ball sees all in 2010

Jeff Jacoby: The 2000s: A descent into incivility

Paul Greenberg: The Devil's Work

Cokie and Steve Roberts: Winning battles, losing wars

Mort Kondracke: U.S. remains No. 1 economy, but won't stay that way without change

David Broder: Napolitano flavors the administration

Michelle Malkin: Underreported stories of 2009

Suzanne Fields: Beauty in the Beast

Mona Charen: Whose Fault Is It?

Linda Chavez: Clueless

Jonah Goldberg: Capitalism Fingered as Fiend of the Past Decade

Charles Krauthammer: Obama's dangerous denial

12/31/2009, 2 am UPDATE (from Rafi N.):

Yesterday, Binyamin released a note to his friends that took a lot out of him to write. A number of concerned JWR fans asked that I post it online. HERE it is.

Below please find 15 thought provoking columns. (Even the ones you don't agree with will be well worth your time.)L'chaim and Cheers!

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Victor Davis Hanson: 2009 Chickens and Their 2010 Roost

From the Belle Tower by Celia Rivenbark:: Cat naps aren't all that popular among felines

Clarence Page: A Year of Living Quotably

William McKenzie: Changing demographics told decade's story

Rich Lowry: Decade of disillusion

A. Barton Hinkle: Nearly everything progressives say about neoconservative interventionism abroad applies to their own preferred policies at home

Debra J. Saunders: Yes, Someone Has To Pay for Health Care

Bob Tyrrell: Our B-plus President

Paul Greenberg: Asleep on the Terrorist Watch

Jeff Jacoby: The wake-up call from Flight 253

Larry Elder: Unrest in Iran: The Vindication of George W. Bush

Michael Barone: It's a Wonderful Life Working for the Government

Ann Coulter: Ivana Trump escorted off plane: Napolitano declares ‘the system worked’

Cal Thomas: Resolved: Tell the Truth

George Will: What an asteroid can't quell

12/30/2009, 1:15 am UPDATE (from Rafi N.):

Today, Binyamin himself will be releasing a note to all his friends (that means us) about the future of this site, his health and other issues. It took a lot out of him to write. To receive the note, you need to be signed up for the daily JWR newsletter. You can do so by clicking here.

I'm told that Binyamin is healing. Still, he asked that you continue to pray for him using his Hebrew name: Binyamin Leib ben (Hebrew: son of) Peshe.

He also asked that I remind the folks to continue to access JWR's "sister site," PoliticalMavens.com, which is contributor run.

Below please find 14 insightful columns.

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Paul Greenberg: Predictions of Things Not to Come

The Village Idiot by Jim Mullen:: ‘He loves only gold, only gold’

Steve Young: Saving The Public School System From Crashing

Anne Applebaum: The next decade will be bad for authoritarian regimes except one

Jack Kelly: Reckless solution givers

Arnold Ahlert: A Day Off

Diana West: Victory? Really?

Rich Lowry: Janet Napolitano's man-caused disaster

Jonah Goldberg: ‘Avatar’ and the Faith Instinct

Tony Blankley: Afghan War Policy Fractured

John Stossel: Memo to the House: Adopt the Filibuster

Michelle Malkin: Bleeding Hearts and Jihadi Revolving Doors

Walter Williams: Modern Day Lunacy

Thomas Sowell: Old Boxing Matches

12/29/2009, 12:30 am UPDATE (from Rafi N.):

The most frequent question my fellow "Binyamin's helpers" receive after inquiries about how Binyamin is healing, is: "When will JWR again be offering all of its daily features"? Y'all miss the amazing amount of content JWR used to publish daily. And I don't blame you! We all miss Binyamin and what he used to provide us, single-handedly. We want it, and him, back.

Sometime in the next 48 hours, Binyamin himself will be releasing a note to all his friends about the future of this site, his health and other issues. To receive the note, you need to be signed up for the daily JWR newsletter. You can do so by clicking here.

Below please find 13 hot columns.

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Tom Purcell: A Truly Wealthy Man

Gene Weingarten:: How to do a giggle search; First, ask Google a one-word question …

Dave Weinbaum: Billionaires to go out with a bang in 2010

Debra J. Saunders: Warning, Satire Alert: Lib Take on Terror!

Dennis Prager: Thank You to These Businesses and Products

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.: Jihad 101

Ed Koch: Come clean, Carter

Wesley Pruden: Most important civil right of all

Paul Greenberg: Oh, Yes, Copenhagen

David Limbaugh: It's Not the Economy, Stupid! It's National Survival!

Nat Hentoff: The Castro brothers' big dirty secret

Cal Thomas: Malfunctions

Thomas Sowell: Unhealthy arrogance

12/28/2009, 1 am UPDATE (from Brian R.):

I want to thank Ezra K. for enabling me to spend some quality time with my family on Christmas and Binyamin for allowing me to do this "mitzvah" for him and my fellow JWR readers. It's the least that I could do to repay all of the hours of enlightenment I've received from JWR.

A number of our columnists didn't file. The 11 below did. I hope you enjoy them.

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Mark Steyn: Cross the river, burn the bridge

Culture Shlock by Malcolm Fleschner:: The Family Power Struggle Goes On…

Betsy Hart: A girlfriend — and wife — must know her place

Jeff Jacoby: Musings, random and otherwise

Jonathan Gurwitz: U.S. troops still risk all for global security

Arnold Ahlert: Dangerous Myths

David Broder: Dems should heed Daley's steer-to-the-center advice

Robert J. Samuelson: Democracy's demolition derby

Byron York: Dems' dreams of a blue West begin to turn red

Michael Barone: Texas Shows Its Swagger in New Population Estimates

Bill O': Person of the Year

12/25/2009, 1 am UPDATE (from Ezra K.):

Hi, guys! Binyamin asked that I return to sub for Brian R., who is spending his holy day with his family. Yes, a Jew is subbing for a gentile subbing for a Jew. Only in America, eh!?

We have 10 columns for you today. Enjoy!

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Suzanne Fields: Feats of Clay, Exposed

Greg Crosby:: Another Year

Mona Charen: National Organization for Irresponsible Women

Mort Zuckerman: Keep Congress Away From the Federal Reserve: The Fed threw us a rope; we don't want Congress holding it

Mort Kondracke: Lieberman should get credit for role passing health bill

Arnold Ahlert: I, Me, Mine

Diana West: The ‘surge’ and ‘success’

Linda Chavez: Recommended reading

Michelle Malkin: Nanny State Gone Wild: Defining Dependency Up

Charles Krauthammer: The year of living fecklessly

12/24/2009, 2 am UPDATE (from Brian R.):

13 columns on various topics appear below. Binyamin, who is slowly beginning to mend, picked them. He's hoping JWR in all its glory will return soon. Binyamin asked that you continue to pray for him using his Hebrew name: Binyamin Leib ben (Hebrew: son of) Peshe. He says he "really needs" all the prayers he can get.

A very special "thank you" to all of those who responded to my posting yesterday (see, below). I am truly astounded. JWR has such a diverse readership, not only in terms of types of folks who read the site, but your locations all over the world.

I am so glad that I volunteered!

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Victor Davis Hanson: The War Against the Wannabe Rich

From the Belle Tower by Celia Rivenbark: Nightmare in the mall's dead zone

Kevin Ferris: A duty, an honor that grows and grows

Debra J. Saunders: The Year of Living in Everybody's Face

Paul Greenberg: Season's Greetings — and We'll See You in Court, or: The Christmas Wars

Michael Smerconish: A law to mandate college football playoffs?

David Broder: Something good, something rotten

Larry Elder: ObamaCare: Freedom on Life Support

Bob Tyrrell: War Is Hell, Not Litigation

Michael Barone: When Legerdemain Is Used to Pass an Unpopular Bill

Dick Morris: Griffith's party switch illustrates the death of moderate Dems

Ann Coulter: In other words …

George Will: Rome's call: ‘Come on over’

12/23/2009, 2 am UPDATE (from Brian R.):

15 enlightening columns are linked below.

Far be it for me to argue with the great Jimmy Breslin, but I was struck by something he said in an amusing column that one of my co-"Binyamin's helpers" dug up. Writing in the very first issue of JWR way back 1997, Breslin opines about Binyamin, "Good for him. He wants to have a religion on a Saturday." Implying, but not said of course, is: "Binyamin does his thing as a Jew. I do mine as a Christian". How wrong Breslin turned out to be.

I've been reading JWR for so long, I don't even remember how I discovered it. What's more, I'm a proud, believing Christian. I am certain there are many, many of us here.

Why do I say Breslin is wrong? Because you'd think that a site with the name "Jewish" in it would merely tolerate Christians who happen to read it. Instead, Binyamin embraces us. Talk about being ecumenical and open-minded.

I, for one, am grateful that when Binyamin suspends publication because of a holy day that keeps him at prayer and reflective study, he almost always puts up a truncated issue for those of who do not share his faith. I'm sure before a holy festival he has better things to do. But he thinks of us.

After almost a decade of daily reading, I have never once seen an article in JWR that even slightly mocked my religious beliefs. Just the opposite. When the late B.C. cartoonist Johnny Hart came under attack, Binyamin defended him eloquently. After the Pope's passing, JWR ran this moving appreciation. JWR has also been shining the spotlight on abuses against Christians worldwide. (See Jeff Jacoby's column today, linked below.)

And then there's this column that I dug up. It's by Michelle Malkin. Titled "Defenders of the faith --- all faiths", it's a compelling read that captures some of Binyamin's goodness.

• These are some of the reasons that I'm volunteering to help JWR for the next couple of days.

• These are some of the reasons that we Christians, at Christmas, should be thankful there are Jews like Binyamin Jolkovsky and the community he represents.

• These are some of the reasons why we Christians, at Christmas, should be supporting JWR and its publisher, especially during his hour of need.

Get well messages to our dear friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

John Yoo: An ironic victory for Obama

The Village Idiot by Jim Mullen: Think about direction, wonder why …

Paul Greenberg: It's Still a Wonderful Life

Jeff Jacoby: Not all tidings are of great joy

Arnold Ahlert: A Very Harry Christmas

Cokie and Steve Roberts: Food stamps for thought

John Stossel: Dump the Audience?

Robert Tracinski: Letter to a Sincere Leftist: Let's Smash the State Power of the Corporations

Jack Kelly: Clueless in Copenhagen

Nat Hentoff: Will Obama send flowers to ObamaCare victims?

Tony Blankley: ‘Yet, Freedom!’

Jonah Goldberg: Obama Has Failed His Words

Michelle Malkin: Beltway Christmas: Cash for Corruptocrats

Dick Morris: Day One: How ObamaCare will alienate Americans

Walter Williams: Black Education

12/22/2009, 2 am UPDATE (from Sheldon B.):

Here are 15 columns. It was my honor (and pleasure) to help out my fellow readers and Binyamin. However, there's going to come a time when Binyamin will no longer be able to rely on volunteers like me and the others who have stepped in and up. It will likely be sooner than later. Take it from somebody who spent much of his weekend and yesterday preparing articles and responding to reader mail, there's a lot of work that goes into JWR every day!

You can make a real difference by mailing in a measly buck or two (address is at the bottom of HERE or you can donate electronically, HERE. Both are tax deductible ) The help will be for Binyamin, but also us. Why not help ourselves? Are we not worth a couple of bucks?

Messages to our friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Mona Charen: Maximum Achievable Damage

Tom Purcell: Pollution a Solution?

Cheri Jacobus: Hurry up and slow down

Byron York: Why Dems push health care, even if it kills them

Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.: START over

Wesley Pruden: How to lose friends and get not much

Clarence Page: Where's the Old Obama Magic?

Dennis Prager: Dems Ensure America Will No Longer Be the Last Best Hope of Earth

Debra J. Saunders: A Cool Wind Braces the Hot-Air Crowd

David Limbaugh: Obamacare Hazardous to America's Health

Rich Lowry: Ben Nelson: Legislator of the year

George Will: Obama's dubious 'wins' in Copenhagen and Congress

Cal Thomas: Snow jobs

Thomas Sowell: The ‘Science’ Mantra

12/21/2009, 1:30 am UPDATE (from Sheldon B.):

Here are 14 columns, including some much needed humor to start the week off.

At this point, based on my predecessors' templates, it has become customary to tell a "Binyamin story". Here's mine.

A few years ago, I unsubscribed to the daily JWR newsletter. The system is set up so whenever a reader ends his subscription, Binyamin gets a notice. A few minutes later, I get this note back from a guy claiming to be JWR's Editor in Chief telling me that he values each and every reader and though my subscription ended, could I please let him know what it was that spurred my action.

I must say that I was very impressed. Not just with the idea that somebody actually wanted to know why I severed my relationship with a site that was not charging me for access. (Hence, they weren't losing a paid account.) But as a programmer, it really looked like a human was interacting with another human. The programming of JWR's auto response was really nifty. To test how complex it was, I tried using various terms to see how the program would respond. I wanted to see how far I could go before tripping it up. At one point, certain that this had to be the slickest program that I ever encountered, I challenged it -- after being told repeatedly that JWR's Editor in Chief was responding and not a program -- with a logic problem. A few seconds later, the correct answer came back. OOPS!

I then told Binyamin why I unsubbed and he politely challenged my logic. He, of course, was right. (Looking back, it was a pretty stupid problem I had with something he published.).

Binyamin is a guy who truly takes pride in his work. And he truly values each and every reader. I hope that all of us who gain from JWR value Binyamin back by supporting the site with even a couple of dollars. You know, cliched or not, sometimes we really don't value something until we no longer have it. If you haven't already, please read Binyamin's letter to us.

I've said enough.

Messages to our friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Mark Steyn: It's settled; climate circus was a fairy tale

Jackie Mason & Raul Felder: Business as Usual (on Tiger Woods)

Dave Barry: Waging Germ Warfare

Arnold Ahlert: My Opinon

Kathryn Lopez: Rubio rising

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Next election already affects this Congress

Kathleen Parker: Overreaching leaves Obama with few friends

Jack Kelly: Obama helps the fat cats

David Broder: The president, abandoned by his party

Paul Greenberg: The Latest Incoherence

Michael Barone: When Lib Dreams Collide With Public Opinion

Dick Morris: How Obamacare Will Hurt Young People

George Will: Disconnected, and disconnecting

Bill O': Partying with the President

12/18/2009, 12:30 am UPDATE (from Gilbert S.):

Here are 16 columns for today that I prepared for your weekend reading pleasure.

Hope you enjoy them.

Binyamin is far from healed. He asked that you continue to pray for him using his Hebrew name: Binyamin Leib ben (Hebrew: son of) Peshe.

Have a great weekend!

Messages to our friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

Wesley Pruden: High season for fraud and farce

Greg Crosby: Dreaming While Awake

Mona Charen: Giving Thanks for Life

Dave Weinbaum: Last chance to represent Americans

Cokie and Steve Roberts: A CLASS Act deserves support

Arnold Ahlert: The Party of Repeal

Suzanne Fields: When ‘Spiritual Elevation’ Is the Law

Diana West: How a ‘'surge’ fails us

Robert Robb: Were the banks that sick to begin with?

Mort Kondracke: How will Obama's Afghan decision play in Iran, Israel?

Rich Lowry: One cheer for Howard Dean

David Limbaugh: Radical Is as Radical Appoints

Linda Chavez: Climate hubris

Jonah Goldberg: Global Wealth Can Heal the Planet

Michelle Malkin: Welcome to the Democratic Party's Civil War

Charles Krauthammer: An anniversary of sorts

12/17/2009, 12:30 am UPDATE (from Gilbert S.): How did a WASP -- I'm not embarrassed to call myself that -- come to be the substitute publisher of JEWISH World Review?

A couple of months ago, a client forwarded an article from JWR. I responded obnoxiously to both him and the general JWR inbox, which eventually gets to the author. To my surprise, I received a very nuanced response from Binyamin, the publisher. Now, I send a lot of e-mail to websites. Some of it, admittedly, is obnoxious. (Hey, nobody knows who I am). However, this was the first time that I actually received a reply from a human --- and the publisher, no less! I was floored!

I struck up a conversation with Binyamin that eventually went off on several tangents. He answered a lot of questions about Jews and Judaism that I had but was embarrassed to ask my Jewish colleagues. Binyamin did so with graciousness and wit. I've been a JWR subscriber ever since.

I can't say that I read JWR EVERY day. (I wish that I had the time to). But when Binyamin sent out his note, I certainly read it --- and I responded.

And now, for a couple of days, I'm going to be running JWR.

Binyamin, your loyal readers need you! And, like me, we are going to do the right thing and help you (in some way) get the help you need! Aren't we, folks?

Here are 16 columns for today that I prepared. A good mix, I think

Victor Davis Hanson
From the Belle Tower by Celia Rivenbark
Clarence Page
John Kass
William McKenzie
Larry Elder
Paul Greenberg
Michael Smerconish
Bob Tyrrell
Robert Tracinski
Debra J. Saunders
David Broder
Michael Barone
Dick Morris
Ann Coulter
George Will

Messages to our friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

12/16/2009, 1:30 am UPDATE (from Ezra K.): This is my last night doing "JWR duty". I'm amazed at how one person, Binyamin, manages to run JWR by himself 5 times a week. Just between preparing a truncated edition of JWR and responding to your notes, I was in over my head.

I was the second replacement since Binyamin's illness. I'm sure he'll -- well, "hope", anyway -- find a third. Binyamin has lots of friends, both those he's met and "virtual" ones. But what he really needs is a staff! What he needs is for folks who are gaining from JWR to give SOMETHING to help see this goal to fruition. Can you spare a buck or two? Seriously! A mere buck or two? Please click HERE. Want to express your kindness by conventional mail? Scroll to the end of HERE.

Let's help Binyamin continue to serve us!

Here are a dozen columns for today that Binyamin asked that I prepare.

John Stossel,
The Village Idiot by Jim Mullen,
Marybeth Hicks,
Jeff Jacoby,
Nat Hentoff,
Kathleen Parker,
Tony Blankley,
Michelle Malkin,
Jonah Goldberg,
Paul Greenberg
Dick Morris.
Walter Williams

Messages to our friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

12/15/2009, MIDNIGHT UPDATE (from Ezra K.): Some folks have written here wondering if Binyamin has it in him to overcome this overwhelming obstacle he is now facing. Like others who have been showing our loyalty to our good friend, I am certain he does. When Binyamin decides to do something, he does it. He is relentless. That's especially so if he thinks he's right.

I found a story from the very first issue of JWR . It was penned by the legendary New York writer Jimmy Breslin, who made a career of profiling the many "originals" that populate Gotham. This column about when the master wordsmith met the tenacious journalist turned publisher is amusing to say the least. Please click HERE to read. (I'm sure Binyamin would like to hear your comments after all of these years, too)

Here are a dozen + 4 columns for today that Binyamin asked that I prepare.

Dennis Prager,
Cokie and Steve Roberts,
Clarence Page ,
Anne Applebaum,
Jack Kelly,
Wesley Pruden,
Arnold Ahlert,
The Medicine Man,
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.,
Paul Greenberg
Mona Charen.
Debra J. Saunders,
David Limbaugh,
Rich Lowry,
Cal Thomas,
Thomas Sowell

Messages to our friend Binyamin can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

12/14/2009, MIDNIGHT UPDATE (from Ezra K.): Binyamin is finally beginning to mend, thank God. His doing so, will be necessary before he undergoes a procedure meant to, well ... If you haven't already, please read Binyamin's note to his friends (That includes all of us) by clicking here..

Binyamin asked that you continue to pray for him using his Hebrew name: Binyamin Leib ben (Hebrew: son of) Peshe.

Here are a dozen + 1columns for today that Binyamin asked that I prepare.

Mark Steyn, Mitch Albom, Dave Barry, Jeff Jacoby, Kathryn Lopez, Byron York,

Jack Kelly,

David Broder, Kathleen Parker,

Michael Barone Dick Morris. Bill O',

George Will,

Messages can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

12/11/2009, MIDNIGHT UPDATE (from Ezra K.): Yesterday, our friend Binyamin sent out a letter to his friends that left just about everybody who read it touched. In some cases folks were shaken. (To read the note, please click here.).

Binyamin is trying to get JWR back to speed. He asked that I help out. Here are a bunch of columns for your weekend reading

Wesley Pruden, Greg Crosby, Dave Weinbaum, Mort Kondracke, Dick Morris. David Broder, David Limbaugh, Diana West,

Rich Lowry,

Linda Chavez,

Suzanne Fields,

Mona Charen,

Jonah Goldberg,

Charles Krauthammer

Messages can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

12/10/2009, MIDNIGHT UPDATE (from Binyamin's trusty assistant): In a few hours, Binyamin will send out a letter to his friends and supporters about his condition and JWR's future. He has no intention of placing semi-private info on the JWR front page. We had orginally considered recording his words but soon realised it would be impossible, as he is too weak. So we are instead sending his note via e-mail to those who are subscribed to the daily JWR update. (To be added, please click here.).

Binyamin is afraid that his writing skills will fall short. I assured him that the message he wished to convey will come through loud and clear.

Here are seven columns for your reading pleasure: Victor Davis Hanson, Bob Tyrrell, Larry Elder, Dick Morris.

Ann Coulter,

Cal Thomas.

and George Will.

Messages can be sent to schmooze@jewishworldreview.com

12/9/2009, MIDNIGHT UPDATE (from Binyamin's trusty assistant): Today I was schmoozing with Binyamin. I asked him what it was that he misses most about being away from JWR. I had already had a bunch of answers and was sure that his would be one of them. I wasn't even close. He answered: "interacting with my readers". Time, he told me, doesn't usually allows him to answer more than a line or two. But he derives immense pleasure knowing that sitting in a Brooklyn basement, he's touching people all over the world.

In fact, his mood, which obviously has changed drastically, always seems to improve substantially when I read him a note from a distant location.

Here are four columns for your reading pleasure: Tony Blankley, John Stossel:, Walter Williams and Kathleen Parker.

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12/8/2009, MIDNIGHT UPDATE (from Binyamin's trusty assistant): Binyamin remains VERY ill. He is in need of your prayers and has asked that you do an extra act of kindness in his merit. "Something; anything," as he described it. Binyamin, mindful of his beloved readers as ever, also asked that I publish a couple of articles to prevent "JWR Withdrawl". Here are three: Wesley Pruden, Cal Thomas:, and Thomas Sowell.

12/7/2009, 12:30PM UPDATE (from Binyamin's trusty assistant): Binyamin has decided that he will write a letter to his friends and supporters explaining his health condition and discussing his plans for JWR's future. He has no intention of placing semi-private info on the JWR front page. To receive the note, please click here., which will add you to the JWR daily update list.

12/6/2009, 7:10pm update (from Binyamin's trusty assistant): Binyamin has finally made it home! It's been a long and grueling hospital stay for him. While his keep-fighting-the-good-fight spirit is intact, he is physically exhausted. It is still very hard for him to hold conversations of more than a couple of minutes. He's convinced that he will publish by week's end. (I'm not so certain).

PLEASE continue your prayers for: Binyamin Leib ben (Hebrew: son of) Pesha

12/4/2009, 3:00pm update (from Binyamin's trusty assistant): The Sabbath in Brooklyn rapidly approaches (the earliest of the year, by the way:4:06pm), and Binyamin will remain in the hospital. Have a good weekend, everyone.

12/4/2009, 8:30am update (from Binyamin's trusty assistant): Good morning all. Binyamin is still recuperating. I spoke with him only very briefly last night. The docs are still running some tests. Many of you have been asking me what's going on. I don't know much as BLJ hasn't been too specific. I don't like to pry as it isn't my place to be nosy. I, like the rest of you, am continuing to pray for his full recovery.

12/3/2009, 12:15am update (from Binyamin's trusty assistant): OK ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages, quick update. Just off the phone with your fearless leader from his "suite" at the hospital. He's doing a lot better. If all goes according to plan, he anticipates being home on Friday before the Sabbath, but that's just an estimate. He did ask me to update two important stories for you though: George Will and Cal Thomas.

Binyamin is astounded, humbled, grateful and thankful by the volume of kind words wishing him well, and it's sure to help him on the road to recovery and back to his keyboard.

Please continue to have patience. He is very sorry to keep you waiting.

12/2/2009, 4:00am update (from Binyamin's trusty assistant): It's 4am here on the East Coast of the Good Olde US of A and in the few hours since the email went out, the "Get Well Wishes" have been flying in from all over the planet. Binyamin really appreciates that you read JWR every day and are concerned for his well-being. He needs a few days, and he'll be back at the healm.

So, please keep the good wishes coming and continue to keep Binyamin in your thoughts.

12/1/2009, 12:15am Binyamin L. Jolkovsky was taken by ambulance to the hospital on December 1st 2009, and he may be there for a couple of days. He apologizes for not being able to publish during that time.

He asks for your patience and that you pray for him with his Hebrew name: Binyamin Leib ben (Hebrew: son of) Pesha.