Happy Holidays to my readers who celebrate Christmas. Being a Jew, Christmas is mostly an opportunity to spend time with my wife's lovely family and to enjoy some of my mother-in-law's cranberry relish. Blogging will continue unabated.

Victor Davis Hanson, always worth reading, reminds us who we're fighting and why.

Rick Heller discusses a Boston Globe article about American Jewish academics who support divestment from Israel. Heller doesn't think much of Jews who want to boycott Israel. I don't either. The kindest thing that I can say about them is that they are cowardly, shallow, supercilious fools. The cheapest form of social activism is to sacrifice nothing while demanding that other people risk their lives for your own principles. And these folks are particularly foolish since they seem to be either unaware or unconcerned that they are serving a larger movement whose goal is not to pressure Israel to make concessions, but to destroy the country altogether. And as I've previously written to other self-righteous Jewish Americans whose suburban notions of civility are burdened by the sight of Israelis doing unpleasant things to defend their homes -- go to Jerusalem for several months, ride the buses and eat in the pizzerias. Go to the funerals and convalescent homes to meet survivors of terrorism, talk to the people and try to teach them how to manage their security situation differently. You'll be as successful as you deserve to be.

And speaking about the immorality of economic boycotts against Israel -- the Rainbow Grocery Co-op here in San Francisco has nullified their boycott due to community pressure.
UPDATE: Michael Phillips was at this weekend's picket march in front of Rainbow. Read his report here.