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Category Archives: Jews
Jews Tend To Feel Good About Themselves
Give a Jew a compliment and he’ll say, “Tell me more.” Give a genuine Christian a compliment and he’ll say, “Oh no, no, no, I’m a big sinner.” Here’s a true story from the classroom. A non-Jewish student tells the … Continue reading
Jewish vs Christian Generosity
I first heard about the “medical intuitive” in 1989 when I was struggling with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I finally met one last Rosh Hashanah at Schwartzie’s Chai Center service. She directed me to DragonHerbs.com and I’ve been vibrating ever since. … Continue reading
Jewish Masochism
I did not knowingly meet an identifying Jew until I arrived at UCLA at age 22 but I read a lot about Jews and much of it mystified me. In particular, why were so many things identified as Jewish that … Continue reading
Why Do Jewish Men Chase Shiksas?
Did I convert to Judaism to chase shiksas? An objective observer looking at my track record might think yes for many of my years prior to completing my Orthodox conversion in 2009. Despite living in and around Orthodox Judaism for … Continue reading
What Is Jewish Guilt?
I grew up a Christian and I notice a ton more guilt in my Christian friends than in my Jewish friends. For my Orthodox Jewish friends, most of them believe that God is pretty happy with them. I do not … Continue reading
Should American Jews Celebrate The Fourth Of July?
A friend asks: “May a torah jew celebrate goyishe holidays like the fourth of July?” Why do we frum yidden need goyisha holidays? To even ask the question betrays a mindset so far from Torah. It’s like asking if a … Continue reading
New York’s Anti-Jewish Crime Wave
The New York Post reports: Hatemongers have targeted Brooklyn’s Orthodox community with a vicious assault, a string of synagogue thefts and anti-Semitic vandalism targeting synagogues and Jewish neighborhoods. In the most disturbing incident, a mob of six black teenagers shouting, … Continue reading
WND: Black Mobs Beating Jews In New York
Chaim Amalek says: “Stupid Mick. More proof that the goyim are nothing without one of us to lead them. Look at where Christianity would be today but for the leadership provided by Jews. Ditto feminism, Marxism, Freudianism, and the Democratic … Continue reading
Jewish Contempt For Christians
Historian Marc B. Shapiro blogs: While at least since Jacob Katz’s Exclusiveness and Tolerance scholars are now no longer deterred from studying the medieval Jewish view of “the other”, there is still great reluctance to examine contemporary views, for fear … Continue reading
Should A Religious Jew Save The Life Of A Non-Religious Jew?
Historian Marc B. Shapiro blogs: Here is another responsum, by R. Israel David Harfenes, Nishmat Shabbat, vol. 5 no. 500:4. The author is asked if you can violate Shabbat to save the lives of irreligious Jews who came from the … Continue reading