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Category Archives: Jews
NewGround: A Muslim-Jewish Partnership for Change
I have friends and acquaintances in this Muslim-Jewish dialogue group. I think Alexander Technique would be so helpful for people trying to do things in a new way. Let’s say you stay fixed in all of your habitual reactions to … Continue reading
The Fierce Struggle For Purity
Today is the first day of Hanukkah, a minor eight-day Jewish holiday that gets a lot of press because it falls near the end of the Western calendar year and is thought of by the goyim as the Jews’ version … Continue reading
Los Angeles Synagogue Shaarei Tefila Sued
Background on this dispute. In the following case, disgruntled congregant Allan Lowy is suing the shul (Western Jewish Institute aka Shaarei Tefila). From LASuperiorCourt.org: Case Number: BC475366 ALLAN LOWY ET AL VS WESTERN JEWISH INSTITUTE ET AL Filing Date: 12/16/2011 … Continue reading
The Jewish Annotated New Testament
The New York Times reports Nov. 25, 2011: SAN FRANCISCO — Growing up Jewish in North Dartmouth, Mass., Amy-Jill Levine loved Christianity. Her neighborhood “was almost entirely Portuguese and Roman Catholic,” Dr. Levine said last Sunday at her book party … Continue reading
The Lost Meaning of the Seventh Day May 15, 2010 At Loma Linda University
Last year, I was on a panel discussing a new book about Jews, Christians, the Holocaust, and the Sabbath. As I watch myself 18 months later, I feel uncomfortable. I was not gracious. I was weird. I was provocative. I … Continue reading
Cheating Ring In New York
Those arrested are mainly (or all?) Persian Jews. A shanda for the goyim! MINEOLA, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) – Seven former and current students of a prestigious Long Island high school were arrested Tuesday in an alleged SAT cheating ring. Nassau County … Continue reading
Why Do We Give Inordinate Power To Sexual Sins?
Why do these sex harassment charges, if true, sink Herman Cain’s presidency? What if a candidate dishonored his parents? Or stole computer software? Why is that not a big deal but sex harassment a big deal? I think I know … Continue reading
Why Are So Many Alexander Technique Teachers Jewish?
Veteran Alexander teacher Frank Ottiwell made a stray remark about training with Judy Leibowitz in New York in 1958 with a “dozen Jews.” (Cited in this interview with Brooke Lieb.) That made me wonder why so many Alexander teachers are … Continue reading
JEWISH EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT VS 6401 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD LLC
Case Type: Breach Contrct/Warnty(Sellr Pltf) (General Jurisdiction) Case#: BC471757 CASE NAME: JEWISH EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT VS 6401 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD LLC Parties: 6401 WILSHIRE BOULAVARD LLC – Def/Res,BBNAB LLC – Def/Res,DOES 1 TO 20 – Def/Res,FOX JANICE – Def/Res,GARSHOFSKY FAMILY TRUST – … Continue reading
Sheltered White Jewish Girl
An Orthodox teenager comes home from public school. “I got a new name today,” she said. “I’m Sheltered White Jewish Girl.” “Our school is so ghetto.” “All the other Jewish kids are so Reform.” “You can be a beacon,” says … Continue reading