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By Robert J. Avrech | May 20, 2013

Death & Taxes: Welcome to Obamaland

In this world, nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.

We’ve heard this clever aphorism countless times, and nodded our heads in bleak recognition. And yet, have we ever really pondered the ghoulishness that equates taxes with mortality?

Anyone who has ever been audited by the IRS—Seraphic Secret has been twice audited, each time emerging battered but owing the government zero dollars—knows the helpless feeling of being forced to submit to an absolute power, where the normal rules of law and civil society are suspended by an all-powerful government with unlimited resources.

The IRS is a temporal tyranny. Death is the ultimate tyranny. One was created by man, the other by G-d.

Barack Hussein Obama and the Democrat party are now playing G-d, by joining death and taxes into one sinister package.

Posted in IRS, Obama Watch, Obamacare | Tagged death & taxes, Marx & Lenin | 5 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | May 17, 2013

David Horowitz to Deliver the Tenth Annual Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture

Ariel Avrech, Z”TL, May His Memory Be A Blessing

You are all invited to The tenth annual Ariel Avrech ZT’L Memorial Lecture that will take place Sunday, June 9, 2013, at 10 AM at the Young Israel of Century City, followed by brunch.

Young Israel of Century City
9317 West Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90035

RSVP to Rebekah at the synagogue office: (310) 273-6954

For those unable to attend in person, the lecture will be posted here at Seraphic Secret.

We are excited to announce that David Horowitz will deliver this year’s lecture: “The War Against Judaism on the University Campus.”

Posted in Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture, Remembering Ariel | Tagged Ariel Avrech, David Horowitz, Karen Singer Avrech, Ner Israel | 18 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | May 14, 2013

Obama’s Lack of Leadership and Moral Accountability

Here’s Barack Hussein Obama reacting to the three scandals that are poised to engulf the balance of his second term:

1. Benghazi is a “sideshow.”

2. Political repression of Conservatives by the IRS was committed by “low-level staffers.”

3. Regarding government wiretaps on the AP: “I’m shocked.”

Posted in Benghazigate, IRS, Obama Watch, Obamacare, Shavuot | Tagged Moral Accountability, Nixon, Obama Liar, Operation Nickel Grass, Political Repression | 17 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | May 13, 2013

It Can’t Happen Here

Seraphic Secret has a close friend who was born and lived in Communist Hungary until he and his family managed to escape to America in 1969.

His tales of life under the iron fist of Communism are chilling: the intrusion of the party bureaucrats into every aspect of private life, the intimidation to conform to party ideology, the constant fear of informers, the grim food shortages, the shoes with cardboard soles, the terrible isolation from truth because all media outlets were arms of the government.

And the endemic corruption of a system that claimed to be fair and just, but was simply a brutal thugogracy.

Posted in Benghazigate, IRS, Obama Watch | Tagged Communism, Communist Hungary, IRS Targets Conservatives, Socialism | 22 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | May 12, 2013

Happy Mother’s Day in Hollywood

Gary Cooper with his mother Alice.

Posted in Hollywood, Mother's Day | Tagged Gary Cooper, Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo, Hollywood Mothers, MIckey Rooney | 13 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | May 9, 2013

Hollywood Stars and Cars: I Drive Therefore I Am

Marilyn Monroe in her Cadillac, 1954.

America has long had a love affair with the automobile. Cars are the ultimate expression of form, function, fashion — and speed.

But most of all the car represents freedom.

Try and remember when you were a teenager yearning for your driver’s license so you could hop into daddy’s car and go, go, go. It didn’t matter where, you just wanted to burn rubber and escape into the far horizon.

The exhilarating and touching American Graffiti (’73) is the ultimate expression of American car culture. Every scene takes place in a car, or beside a car.

Los Angeles was the first America city built to accommodate the automobile. And the movie stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, most born dirt-poor, expressed delight in their sudden prosperity and fame by purchasing and posing with their dream machines.

Posted in Hollywood, Stars and Cars | Tagged Cadillac, Corvette, Douglas Fairbanks, Duesenberg, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Jaguar, Janet Gaynor, Jr., Kim Novak, Marilyn Monroe, Nancy Carroll, Packard, Phantom Corsair Cord, Pierce Arrow, Richard Dix, Steve McQueen, T-Bird, Young in Heart | 20 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | May 8, 2013

Everything You Need to Know About the Media: Jason Collins 2,381 News Stories, Gosnell 115

The American Mengele: Kermit Gosnell.

Jason Collins, a bench warmer, comes out as gay, and the media feast on what is basically, a non-story.

But abortionist Kermit Gosnell, an American Mengele, a man who practiced infanticide, is virtually ignored.

The American media do not report news, they are left wing commissars who promote news items that support their ideological agenda.

And of course, the mainstream media are doing their very best to bury Benghazigate, a scandal far greater than Watergate.

Posted in Media | Tagged Abortion, Infanticide, Jason Collins, Kermit Gosnell, Mengele | 8 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | May 6, 2013

Israel, Iran, Hizbullah, Syria… America Not So Much

Syria’s civil war is a standard Arab Muslim blood feud, pitting various clans and tribes against each other in ever-shifting, ever-widening, and ever-confusing configurations. Arab Muslim blood feuds are like Rube Goldberg devices, only drenched in blood, with a single audio loop of “Allahu Akbar.”

Sunni, Shia and Alawite commit atrocities on a daily basis—so far there have been over 70,000 fatalities in Syria, overwhelmingly civilian—and at least a million refugees trudging around. Of course, this should qualify as Islamophobia, but you’ll never hear CAIR or the New York Times come to such an obvious conclusion because that term is reserved for hate-filled Danish cartoonists who draw pictures of Mohammed, or the nasty citizens of Massachusetts who didn’t give the Tsarnaev brothers enough hugs or enough welfare, thus forcing those two nice boys to become IslamoNazi terrorists.

Of course, the Syrian civil war is also part and parcel of the continuing war by the genocidal-yearning Iranians against Israel. Iran wants to wipe the Jewish state off the face of the earth, and Israel—talk about chutzpah—would prefer to keep breathing.

Posted in Hizbullah, Islamic Terror, Israel, Syria | Tagged Alawite, Arab Blood Feuds, Bostom Bombers, Optimistic Conservative, Shia, Sunni, Syrian Civil War | 15 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | May 2, 2013

In Memoriam: Deanna Durbin, 1921-2013

Deanna Durbin was Ann Frank's favorite movie star.

Deanna Durbin was Anne Frank’s favorite movie star.

There was a time when Hollywood and Hollywood stars represented hope and liberty.

Such a star was the radiant Deanna Durbin, who passed away a few days ago at the age of 91.

Posted in Deanna Durbin, Hollywood | Tagged Ann Frank, Charles David, Deanna Durbin and the Holocaust, Greenbriar Picture Shows, Hollywood Career, Judy garland, Self-Styled Siren, Universal | 18 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | May 1, 2013

Israeli Jets Bomb Syrian Weapons Compound

Several friends in Israel have reported an unusual number of IAF jets streaking across the skies over the past few days.

Now, we know why.

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) reports that Israeli fighter jets slipped into Damascus over the weekend and bombed a chemical weapons depot outside the city.

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Posted in Obama Watch, Syria | Tagged Chemical Weapons | 14 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | April 30, 2013

Obama, Syria, Chemical Weapons, And Sex

So: Barack Hussein Obama draws a red line, saying there will be trouble if the Syrian regime should use chemical weapons against its opponents.

“That would change my calculus. That would change my equation,” he announces. Chemical weapons, he assures the palace press corps, “we will not tolerate.”

Further, Obama gravely warns Assad that the “President of the United States does not bluff.”

Of course, Assad figures that anyone who says they are not bluffing is bluffing, so he goes ahead and uses chemical weapons.

A resolute Obama springs into action and —

Posted in Obama Watch, Syria | Tagged Bashar al-Assad, Chemical Weapons, Gay, Jason Collins, Red Line | 17 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | April 29, 2013

Outrage! Secret Talks To Exempt Congress From Obamacare

In ancient Rome, an engineer who built a bridge had to sleep underneath it to demonstrate its safety. Naturally, this law was an incentive for engineers to build bridges that would not collapse.
No such law exists for America’s political class.

Barack Obama and his family will never have to squirm under the government leviathan of Obamacare (surprise — Obama lied; it’s a tax!) — the 20,000 pages of incomprehensible laws and regulations he foisted on the American people.

And now, of course, Congress, which is finally getting around to reading parts of the bill they passed, are coming to realize that it is a disaster.

And — what a shock! — they want to escape the calamity they have created, unwilling to live under the very laws they have passed.
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Posted in Obamacare | Tagged Congress, Corruption, Harry Reid, Henry Chao, John Boehner, John Roberts, Max Baucus | 13 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | April 28, 2013

Boston Massacre and Obama’s Lies

Andrew C. McCarthy, who led the 1995 terrorism prosecution against IslamoNazi Omar Abdel Rahman and eleven other jihadists, has posted an important piece at NRO:

He details how the Obama administration has been handing out incorrect information — AKA lying — about the Boston massacre.

McCarthy points out that it was the Obama’s Justice Dept, and not a rogue judge, who Mirandized Dzokhar Tsarnaev.

Posted in Boston Marathon Terror Attack, Islam, Islamic Terror, Obama Watch | Tagged Andrew McCarthy, Dzokhar Tsarnaev, eric holder, Miranda Exception | 11 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | April 25, 2013

Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1950s: The Nun’s Story

Audrey Hepburn as Sister Luke, The Nun’s Story, 1959.

We continue and conclude our survey of the Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1950s.

For the Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1940s, click here.

For the Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1930s click here.

For the Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1920s click here.

20. The Nun’s Story, 1959

Think of Audrey Hepburn and chances are memory conjures the beloved actress as the chauffeur’s daughter in Sabrina, the socialite Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the restless Princess Ann in Roman Holiday, and the street urchin Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.

Posted in Audrey Hepburn, Great Movies, Greatest Movies of the 1950s, Hollywood, Nuns in Hollywood | Tagged A Stranger Among Us, Fred Zinneman, Kathryn C. Hulme, Movies of Faith, Peter Finch, Religious movies, Robert Anderson, Sidney Lumet | 27 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | April 24, 2013

CAIR Director: Radical Islam Is Not Primary Driver of Terror In the World

Niwad Awad, director of the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) went on The O’Reilly Factor last night and insisted that radical Islam is not the primary driver of terrorism in the world.

Seraphic Secret believes that it’s a strategic and moral mistake to present Awad as a guest. By giving Awad face time, O’Reilly legitimizes a Islamist supremacist. Of course, TV is all about ratings, and O’Reilly knew in advance what Awad was going to say, thus providing some fine drama as O’Reilly demolished Awad.

We believe that Dr. Zuhdi Jasser of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy is a more appropriate guest.

CAIR is a dangerous organization, a front for the Muslim Brotherhood. Their job is not to plant bombs, but to deny that the bombs planted by Islamists are the product of Islamist ideology.

This is Orwellian language of terror.

Posted in Boston Marathon Terror Attack, CAIR, Islam, Islamic Terror, Muslim Brotherhood | Tagged al-takeyya, Civilization-Jihadist Process | 10 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | April 23, 2013

Understanding the Islamic Boston Massacre

“Muslims must muster all weapons to terrorize the infidels.”

—Koran 8:60

H/T Joshua Pundit

This 11 minute video is solid and refreshingly informative.

In it, you will learn a good deal of what you need to know, and everything the mainstream media and craven politicians refuse to acknowledge, about Islamic terrorism.

It should be noted that Democrat Congressman Keith Ellison (Minnesota’s 5th congressional district) is not just a craven politician. He is also a liar.

Posted in Boston Marathon Terror Attack, Islam, Islamic Terror, Judaism, Obama Watch | Tagged Congressman Keith Ellison, Taqiyya and Kitman | 17 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | April 22, 2013

Boston: The Jewish Settlement

The Boston massacre is a variation on the jihad against Jews.

The Boston massacre is at one with the jihad against Jews.

When Muslim terrorists attack Israel, we are told that these acts are in response to “Jewish settlements.”

Credulous Western liberals swallow this fictional justification, piously damning the Jewish state for “stealing Arab land.”

The truth is Arab Muslim terrorism against the Jewish state has never been about national boundaries, or about so-called settlements. Unless, of course, you consider the entire state of Israel a settlement —

Posted in Boston Marathon Terror Attack, Islam, Islamic Terror, Israel | Tagged Boston Massacre, Judea & Samaria, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev | 18 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | April 21, 2013

The Boston Massacre, American Infidels, and Islamic Coexistence

In Boston, the hijacked car with a Coexist bumper sticker.

Some in the mainstream media are scratching their heads about the motives of the Islamic terrorists who planted bombs packed with nails and steel pellets, at the Boston Marathon.

Whatever motivated two Muslims to place a lethal bomb at the feet of 8 year-old Martin Richard?

Yes, it’s a real mystery why two Islamist brothers decided to slaughter a bunch of infidels.

Posted in Boston Marathon Terror Attack, Islam, Islamic Terror | Tagged Coexist, Tamerlan & Dzhokhar Tsarnaev | 31 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | April 18, 2013

Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1950s: Some Like It Hot

Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot, 1959.

We continue our survey of the Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1950s.

For the Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1940s, click here.

For the Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1930s click here.

For the Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1920s click here.

19. Some Like It Hot, 1959.

“Look at that!” Jack Lemmon tells Tony Curtis as he watches Marilyn Monroe in awe. “Look how she moves. Like Jell-O on springs. She must have some sort of built-in motor. I tell you, it’s a whole different sex.”

Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond’s screenplay for Some Like It Hot, which some consider the greatest comedy ever produced, nails the Marilyn Monroe personae with an exactitude that is almost frightening.

Posted in Billy Wilder, Greatest Movies of the 1950s, Marilyn Monroe, Movies, Some Like It Hot, Tony Curtis, Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1950s | Tagged I.A.L. Diamond, Jack Lemmon, Orry-Kelly, Screwball Comedy | 10 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | April 17, 2013

Palestinians Dancing In The Streets Of Gaza After Boston Massacre, Hamas And Islamic Jihad Hand Out Sweets

In yesterday’s post, Seraphic Secret argued that Israel and America’s shared values make us allies in the war against Islamism.

Of course, its immediate corollary follows: the so-called Palestinians—a reichlet founded on lies in order to justify and glorify genocidal Jew-hatred—are not only Israel’s enemy, but the mortal enemies of America.

And yet, Barack Hussein Obama has just bypassed Congress and handed over 500 million of our tax dollars to the barbarians who celebrate the massacre of Americans.

And yet, even as Barack Hussein Obama hands over America’s money to our enemies he has slashed the budget nearly in half for preventing domestic bombings.

Shortly after terror bombs exploded and murdered over 12 people at the Boston Marathon, members of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah were reported to be dancing in the streets of Gaza, handing out candies to passerbys.

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Posted in Boston Marathon Terror Attack, Gaza, Hamas, Islam, Islamic Terror, Israel, Jihad Watch, Obama Watch | Tagged Boston Massacre, Palestinian Nationalism | 22 Responses

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I'm an Emmy Award winning screenwriter. I'm also an observant Jew, a religious Zionist, a conservative Republican, and a member of the NRA. I've been writing and producing in Hollywood for over twenty-five years. But the focus of my life is my family: my radiant wife, Karen—with whom I have been in love with since I was nine years-old—and my two daughters, who, thankfully, look like Karen. Not too long ago, we had three children. But our son, Ariel, died at the age of twenty-two from cancer. We miss him terribly. We think about him practically every minute of every day. People tell us that time heals, but Karen and I know this is not true. Time grinds away doing its terrible work. Ariel is gone. Yet absence becomes presence.

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