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Category Archives: Robert J. Avrech
Michelle Bachman And The Jews
Robert J. Avrech writes: When Sarah Palin burst upon the national scene and the liberal media attempted to destroy her, I observed on my blog, Seraphic Secret, that she was being transformed into a hated Jew. Each rhetorical bombardment against … Continue reading
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Tagged cognitive dissonance, cyber trail, Jeremiah Wright, michelle bachman, Sarah Palin, state legislator
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Women, Ditch The Pantsuits!
I agree with Robert J. Avrech here. I’ve never seen a woman’s figure flattered by a pantsuit. Robert blogs: Pants Suits. Ladies, if I may. Heidi Klum looks okay in a pants suit. But she’s got no hips, no bosom … Continue reading
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Tagged debbie wasserman schultz, female impersonators, heidi klum, marlene dietrich, pants suit, pants suits
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Dennis Prager Delivers The 7th Annual Ariel Avrech Memorial Lecture
Who was Ariel Avrech? 10 a.m. Young Israel of Century City (YICC). I walk in clutching a copy of the new novel — By Fire, By Water — written by Mitchell James Kaplan. I flip to the first page, which … Continue reading
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Tagged Dennis Prager, james kaplan, nathaniel hawthorne, new novel, shul, Young Israel
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‘I Saw Your God’
A friend emails me from the Republican Jewish Coalition dinner last night in Beverly Hills: “I saw your god. Should I ask Prager about pedophile rabbis?” Robert J. Avrech blogs: The food was strictly kosher and I was heartened to … Continue reading
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Tagged easy conversation, friend emails, jewish coalition, orthodox jews, two couples, Young Israel
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Robert J. Avrech Can’t Wait For Obama-Care
Pico-Robertson Orthodox Jew and Hollywood screenwriter Mr. Avrech had to wait 27 minutes for help at the Post Office. He writes for Big Hollywood: A few paces behind me a flamboyant gay guy is on his cell phone yammering away … Continue reading
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Tagged baseball cap, black lady, gang banger, hollywood screenwriter, orthodox jew, visible effect
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The Seraphic Secret Girls
Robert Avrech writes: Several years ago, spotting a soft-focus Kodak moment, I whipped out my trusty Canon and focused on one of my girlses. “No, don’t shoot me, I look horrible!” What’s going on here, I thought to myself, am … Continue reading
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Tagged family portfolio, kodak moment, minhag, robert avrech, secret girls, snick
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Why Wasn’t Hamas Invited?
Robert J. Avrech writes: There’s been a certain amount of carefully orchestrated controversy swirling round the NBNFIJBC. Backstory: A notorious apologist for Muslim terror whispered to Haaretz—duh—that the conference was made up of right wing religious nuts. Some Haaretz hack—redundancy, … Continue reading
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Tagged author id, blood libel, hack job, journalistic objectivity, religious nuts, treppenwitz
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The Moroccan Amen
Robert J. Avrech writes: Before we eat, I mount the stairs to wash my hands. There is a Moroccan mother—her Hebrew accent is distinctively Moroccan—with a brood of children near the washing station. Mom’s eyes are painted in blue eye-shadow … Continue reading
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Tagged american audiences, blue eye shadow, mr darcy, pride and prejudice, scoop neck, skin tight jeans
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Robert J. Avrech – Meanie
He blogs about his flight to the Jewish bloggers conference in Jerusalem tomorrow: FADE IN: INT. VIRGIN AMERICA PLANE – NIGHT “So what do you?” I’m on my L.A. to N.Y. flight and I’ve been pecking away at my computer … Continue reading
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Tagged conversation stopper, i pod, jerusalem tomorrow, taxi drivers, twenty five years, virgin america
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Ariel Teaches Daf Yomi
Robert J. Avrech writes: Today, 1 Tammuz, is Ariel Chaim’s ZT’L fifth Yahrtzeit. In honor of our son’s memory we’re publishing an excerpt from The Book of Ariel that recounts the period when Ariel taught Daf Yomi—the daily page of … Continue reading
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Tagged babylonian talmud, daf yomi, rabbi pinchas, rabbi yosef, torah scholar, yahrtzeit
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