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Category Archives: Jews
Jews Rock
Jeffrey Goldberg co-founded JewsRock.org: Jewsrock.org? What is Jewsrock.org? Everything you could possibly want to know about this farkakteh website right here. Funny, He Didn’t Look Jewish The story behind the conversion of Sammy Davis Jr. more by Wil Haygood Included … Continue reading
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Tagged al kooper, david lee roth, eli attie, sammy davis jr, saul zaentz, woody guthrie
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Materialism & Jewish Life
I was just talking to someone looking for a Modern Orthodox Jewish community that wasn’t too materialistic. As long as I’ve been Jewish — 15 years — I’ve been poor. I’ve never been treated badly because of it. On the … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Orthodoxy
Tagged attractive woman, countless occasions, friday night service, goys, hot chix, hot sex, hovel, humiliation, jewish life, Jews, materialism, new suit, nice stuff, orthodox jewish community, peers, poverty, privilege, shabbos, social ladder, suit store
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VideoJew Gets A Shave For Lag B’Omer
Click here for the video. The Jewish Week says: There’s not a single song of her father’s or a single word of Hebrew on Neshama Carlebach’s new CD. Yet Reb Shlomo Carlebach’s enveloping spirit, both personal and musical, infuses her … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal, Jews
Tagged amadou diallo, associate rabbi, choir members, creative step, green pastures, hebrew institute of riverdale, herzfeld, jeshurun, jewish week, lag b omer, martin luther king, neshama carlebach, previous records, rabbi avi weiss, rabbi shmuel, reb shlomo carlebach, s song, soulful singer, striking feature, warm embrace
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Stop The Genocide Of The White Race
Daniel Kofler writes for Jewcy: Zirkle doesn’t deny a Holocaust: The personal-injury lawyer says he’s running for Congress to combat "the genocide of the white race" that pornography is causing — an "unholy pornocaust" against white Christian women. "We now … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Race
Tagged abuse women, attorney generals, black cock, black porn stars, campaign website, child pornography, christian women, hpv, jewish involvement, kofler, maximum degree, personal injury lawyer, police powers, private attorney, prostitution industry, puppet masters, weapon of mass destruction, white women, wombs, zirkle
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A Mighty Heart
I just watched this film. It has the tagline: "It was an event that shocked the world. This is the story you haven’t heard." That’s nonsense. Only someone who knows nothing about Islamic terrorism could be shocked by this. As … Continue reading
Posted in Hollywood, Jews
Tagged angelina jolie, cinematic experience, conclusion, daniel pearl, decency, husband daniel, journalist, journalistic coverage, journalists, marianne pearl, mighty heart, muslims, objectivity, random thoughts, religious jew, risk, terrorists, videotape
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Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe by Lisa Alcalay Klug
From Amazon.com: "It’s never been hipper to be Jewish." –VH1 Cool Jew does for gefilte fish and matzah balls what the Preppy Handbook did for plaid and polo–only with much more chutzpah. Cool Jew covers everything Hebraic from womb to … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, authoritative texts, book material, christmas carole, chutzpah, cool jew, da book, instructional guides, jerusalem post, jewish concepts, jewish response, jewish web resources, Los Angeles Times, matzah balls, member of the tribe, New York Times, preppy handbook, san francisco chronicle, short essays, vh1
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Who Is The Chief Rabbi Of Los Angeles?
I was told today that it was Rabbi David Rue of the Los Angeles Beit Din. He has a long white beard and a knitted yarmulke and sandals like Jesus. He looks like a West Bank settler but without the … Continue reading
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Los Angeles Jewish Mother/Daughter Killed In Car Crash In Israel
From Haaretz: Devorah Levenberg and her daughter Aliza, 2, were not wearing seat belts when the car in which they were traveling crashed head-on into another vehicle. The Levenbergs – Devorah, her husband Moshe, and Aliza – hitched a ride … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jews, Los Angeles
Tagged adelman, adelmans, arei, car crash, central jerusalem, chest wounds, devorah, haaretz, halevi, Hancock Park, har, hatzolah, head wounds, hellip, Jewish Journal, jewish mother, kosher market, levenberg, magen david, magen david adom, mashiach ben david, massive injuries, mercaz harav, mother daughter, motzei shabbat, narkis, neveh, old mother, rabbi yisroel, seat belts, sitting in the back seat, tragic losses, tragic scene, uzi, uzi narkiss, vista ave, yerushalayim, zeev
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Live For Sdorot
Joe emails: Luke! what is up man I can’t believe you missed the ‘Live for Sderot‘ benefit last night! It was truly an amazing production.I was so excited and wired after I could hardly sleep when i got home finally … Continue reading
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LimmudLA Panel Discussion On The Jewish Future Between David Suissa, Josh Neuman, Clive Lawton and Arna Poupko Fisher
Panel Videos — loving scratching squeezing each other! Sunday morning after breakfast, I run into Heeb magazine publisher Josh Neuman. I tell him I’m expecting great things from him at today’s panel on the Jewish future. He says he doesn’t … Continue reading