Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: I am celebrating my first Hanukkah and don’t know all the rules; If we had WWII going on today, would there still be Nazi Germany; Read in the Heritage Foundation that you said AI child pornography wasn’t that bad because there is no victim; You believe there is antisemitism in the USA but no racism of black people; I want your opinion of the blessing for the government at synagogue.

Were you ever disappointed by your “big” Christmas or Hanukkah gift? How did you deal with it — in the short term and even in the long term? Allen has a story. So do callers.

The Columbia University student newspaper wrote a story on Dennis’s appearance. They describe him as a Columbia graduate school “dropout.” If you think this reveals the tone of the article, you would be right… The LA Times publishes an op-ed from a Gaza teen who laments that she can’t go to college and lives in fear. Hamas is never mentioned in her piece. Only Israel is to blame.