Posted in America, Judaism, Nazi Germany on Sep 10th, 2007
When I opened my email this morning, I saw a message from AJ, marked important. Knowing the responsibilities of this particular relative, I opened it with a bit of trepidation.
It was with great relief that I realized that the message was not about certain nutcases being on the rampage - a rampage that would have been nothing that Thorazine and [...]
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Posted in History, Judaism on Jul 24th, 2007
Today is Tisha b’Av, the ninth day of Av - a month in the lunar Hebrew calendar.
It is the saddest day in the Jewish year because it marks the day in which the first and second temples were destroyed by the Babylonians and then by the Romans. Both temples were destroyed more than five hundred years apart, yet on the same [...]
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I was talking to Yosi a couple days ago, and he said, “you hafta put this quote in your blog.”
I responded, “Yeah, but where did you get it?”
“A friend of mine. An Arab Muslim.”
I still didn’t want to put it in, but I wrote it down anyway and promised to think about it. Of course, [...]
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Posted in America, Democracy, Egypt, Europe, Hezbollah, Hitler, Iran, Islam, Jordan, Judaism, Lebanon, Nazi Germany, Palestinians, Peace, Religion, War fighting on Feb 7th, 2007
At the ripe old age of 90, Barnard Lewis has seen a lot, and the part of the ‘lot’ that we are interested in is Iran.
True, he’s controversial, and he’s stuck his foot in a lot smelly topics and come away with a bad smell himself… But, his insight is incredible. So many of his predictions have come [...]
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Posted in Judaism, Quotes on Jan 10th, 2007
A friend of mine sent this around a few days ago, and I thought that y’all would like to see them too!
The Jewish people have a lot of wisdom to share with the world, if we’ll listen.
This is a preview of A Few Proverbs. Read the full post (764 words, estimated 3:03 mins reading time)
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