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Counting the Days

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:15:00 +0000

“Counting the days of the Omer and Counting the Olmert days” was an notion sent in by a loyal reader …and I couldn’t resist using it.If you don’t know about counting the days of the Omer click here. -Dry Bones- Israel’s Political Comic Strip Since 1973Original post by Yaakov Kirschen

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Tomorrow Is Today In Jerusalem

Fri, 16 May 2008 03:33:00 +0000

It was perhaps the most historic week in Israel’s contemporary history….World leaders, business moguls, former heads of state, Hollywood celebrities and of course, George W. Bush on his farewell tour and “get well” shmooze with PM Ehud Olmert. From a media point-of-view, it was impossible to be ev…

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Jewish music and disaffected Jews

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:11:00 +0000

I had an interesting discussion with one of my cousins at my brothers wedding that past weekend. We were catching up a bit and ended up chatting about that blog and Jewish music. He’s a typical American disaffected, non-observant, cultural Jew and found the notion of a Jewish music blog a bit perple…

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More on Samaech’s “Siman Tov Mazel Tov” Wedding Album

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:50:00 +0000

Here’s a quick addendum’s to this week’s post on Samaech music’s “Siman Tov Mazel Tov” wedding music compilation album.First, when I wrote the post I forgot that Samaech sent me sampler track and the songlist. It would be a shame not to pass them along, so here you go.Original post by Jack

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Jewish Life in the Tropics - Jerusalem Post - Israel

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:00:00 +0000

The figure, says Rabbi Asher Federman, founder and rabbi of Chabad of the Virgin Islands, is estimated at 600 full-time residents and an additional 2,000 Jews who reside there during the winter …Rabbis Starr and Federman get along well and support each other’s endeavors. They realize that “with so…

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Burial Beside Which Husband?

Thu, 15 May 2008 15:44:49 +0000

Question: If a woman becomes a widow, remarries, and thereupon dies many years later, is she buried next to the first husband, or second husband (i.e. the current husband)? Does it matter whether the second husband is still alive?

Answer: Thank you for your question. Jewish law maintains that we …

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Hijacking Jewish Genealogy

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:10:54 +0000

Question: I have recently encountered a few individuals who claim that contemporary Jews are not the true Israelites. There is one group calling itself the Black Hebrews that claims that Ashkenazi Jews are not of Israel considering they descend from converts; and that they cannot prove otherwise co…

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Nakba (2006)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:05:00 +0000

Okay so a cartoon from just two years ago is NOT a Golden Oldie. It was posted in 2006. But again that year, the Palestinians celebrated Nakba (the “look at us, we’re victims” holiday) that is held on every Israeli Independence Day. They did so in interviews, demonstrations, newspaper pieces, and o…

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Partial Holocaust Denial on University of Haifa Chat List

Thu, 15 May 2008 05:34:00 +0000

To Right - participants in University of Haifa chat list?A few days ago I posted on my personal blog some ‘dialogue’ that was being disseminated via the anti-Semitic ‘ALEF’ chat list that operates under the auspices of the University of Haifa, attempting partially to deny the Holocaust. The material…

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Maaco does Matchmaker, Matchmaker

Wed, 14 May 2008 23:16:00 +0000

I forget whether I was home on the North Coast (aka Michigan) or in Los Angeles when I saw it, but it cracked me up. There, on TV, was a new television spot for Maaco “America’s Bodyshop.” Cars were spinning and dancing and changing colors faster than a chameleon with Attention Deficit Disorder, all…

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