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Category Archives: Jews
Bobby Fischer Dies
Yisroel emails: "His adopted religion/now-defunct church sounds similar to messianic Chabad, but with a different focal figure…see below. He was halachically Jewish, but a virulent anti-Semite." From the New York Times: In 1999, in a series of telephone interviews he … Continue reading
Jewish Big Love
PilegeshPersonals.com is a website that caters polygamous religious Jews. Most rabbis and most religious Jews would regard this pilegesh stuff as an abomination. Here’s an amusing YouTube video from Jessi Jaymes, a former Jewish escort living in Reno. Ariel emails: … Continue reading
There Won’t Be Blood
Rob Eshman writes in the Jewish Journal: Bill Clinton, Ann Coulter, James Carville — over the years American Jewish University’s top-notch lecture series has hosted plenty of people who have infuriated plenty of people. But evidently, when it comes to … Continue reading
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Dumbest Comments By A Jew
Jason Maoz writes for The Jewish Press: The winner of my fourth annual Henry Schwarzschild Award for most offensive comments by a Jew in the public spotlight is David Landau, editor of Haaretz, Israel’s leading left-wing daily. The prize is … Continue reading
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Mizrachi Bank’s Los Angeles Rep
From the New York Times: In some cases, the contributions were returned as cash payments through what the government called “an underground money transfer network” involving businesses in and around Los Angeles’s jewelry district, the government said. Three men in … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas
Evan Gahr emails: I wished Don Feder a Merry Christmas. He wrote back is it appropriate for one Jew to wish another a Merry Christmas. This is my response. Yeah, I think so. It’s a merry holiday. And it’s all … Continue reading
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Eccentric philanthropist pays young people to be Jewish
From Nextbook: If you had terrible Jew-dar, and were watching this gathering on television with the volume turned down, you could be forgiven for thinking it a thoroughly secular affair, just a group of young people throwing a boozy dinner … Continue reading
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Ever Meet A Poor Jew?
Soup Cans writes: It looks like the Adrienne Bankert/Jewish remarks saga may be over. After making some controversial comments about the Jewish community at a lightly attended speaking engagement last month, Bankert has made nice with the Jewish Federation of … Continue reading
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Judaism & Cosmetic Surgery
Dr. Daniel Eisenberg writes on Aish.com: The first successful face transplant was recently performed in France. A woman had lost her nose, lips, and chin after being mauled by her dog. The injuries left her grotesquely deformed, making it virtually … Continue reading
If it does not serve a legitimate medical purpose, cosmetic surgery is frowned upon by the Jewish legal tradition
Mark Washovsky writes: Referring to the "debate" over cosmetic surgery in Jewish law, the author cites the relevant value-concepts from the Jewish legal tradition. As a Reform rabbi, he expresses his opposition to the practice as dissuasion–rather than as an … Continue reading