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Category Archives: Jews
LA’s Global Day Of Jewish Learning Canceled
I’m the target demographic for these events. I love anything limmud. For many years, I went to UCLA Hillel’s day of learning during Passover. I love to learn Torah with the community. I’m a natural for these things. I went … Continue reading
Jews On Welfare
In a 2010 lecture on Leviticus 25, Dennis Prager said: Jews feeling responsibility for a fellow Jew has carried on to the modern era. For a Jew to go on welfare, even during the depression, was unheard of. It was … Continue reading
Tough Times For European Jews
BERLIN (JTA) — European leaders must intervene to save small Jewish communities from an anti-Semitic onslaught, the head of the European Jewish Congress said. In a statement issued Thursday, Moshe Kantor said European Jewish communities are in “grave danger” from … Continue reading
Jewish News
From TorahMusings.com: ▪ America and the Jews: Different, or the Same? ▪ If you build it, Jews will come ▪ Modern Orthodoxy at a Crossroads ▪ Harav Yechezkel Roth “deeply distressed” By Paladino Anti ‘Gedolim’ Remark ▪ Orthodox react to … Continue reading
Six Questions that Bearded Luke Dares Not Address
Chaim Amalek emails: But first, a bit of commentary. Quoting from Menachem Schneerson: “Science now declares—as categorically as it is permissible for contemporary science—that where two bodies in space are in relative motion, it is scientifically impossible to determine which … Continue reading
Jewish New Media
John emails: Hey Luke, As an online provocateur, I wanted to make sure you heard the announcement about an innovative grant program for Jewish new media projects. We just launched the Jewish New Media Innovation Fund, a collaborative program offering … Continue reading
Ahead Of Time – The Life Of Ruth Gruber
Ruth Gruber was the youngest person to earn a PhD, at age 20 in 1931 (and as an American in Germany no less!). She was also the first journalist to explore the Soviet Arctic at age 24. A participant in … Continue reading
The Remains Of A Bat Mitzvah
I am told: I went yesterday to Sportsmen’s Lodge and I found the the remains of a bat mitzvah from this past Saturday. Approximately 500 copies of a pink pamphlet were scattered all over floor. Each booklet had on the … Continue reading
The Best Doctor In America
I’m listening to a 2009 lecture by Dennis Prager — “Why Have Our Universities Gone Wrong?” Dennis says: “Did you choose anyone in your life based on what college they went to?” “If somebody says to you, and this is … Continue reading
Dennis Prager: ‘Jews are the most religious people’
I’m listening to a 2009 lecture by Dennis Prager — Feelings: The Key to the Liberal Mind. Dennis: “Why would Jews be against gun ownership after the Holocaust? If every Jewish family in Europe had one gun, the Holocaust would … Continue reading