The president of Ceylon, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga, died eight years ago in 2008. How many world leaders came to his funeral? Let’s see…..well, about zero. The president of Bangladesh, Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, died fifteen years ago in 2001. How many world leaders came to his funeral? Well, it is hard to be exact but approximately zero. Both countries have populations many times larger than Israel. Yet this past Friday, why was a former president of Israel, Shimon Peres, laid to rest in the presence of one of the biggest and most illustrious gatherings of world leaders ever seen this century? Let’s explore that. Furthermore, this Sunday night starts the Hebrew new year of 5777. What is Jewish New Year and how is it different from Jewish Head of the Year? And finally, the true reason that secular liberalism destroys humor.

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