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Category Archives: Jews
As Israel is the Jewish state, are shuls rational targets for those who don’t like Israel?
I find this challenging: “In 2004 the Board of Deputies of British Jews criticized [Gilad] Atzmon for saying, “I’m not going to say whether it is right or not to burn down a synagogue, I can see that it is … Continue reading
America, Australia & The Jews
I’ve been talking to Hasidic Jews who’ve lived in Australia. One told me that he could never walk home from shul on a Friday night in Sydney’s posh East side without having some white Australian hurling curses at him. It’s … Continue reading
Jews & Draft-Dodging
During WWI, Jews served in the German armed forces at a higher rate than their percentage of the population. I’m not sure that has been true in America. Most American Jews who’ve discussed this topic with me see no moral … Continue reading
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Is Donald Sterling An Anomaly Among Jews?
A 1994 University of Chicago sex survey, the most comprehensive of its kind, found that Jews have more sex partners than any other ethnic and religious group, more than twice as many as Catholics (who have the fewest of any … Continue reading
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Diversity vs Group Continuity
In his third lecture on the history of Orthodox Jews in Los Angeles, Rabbi Shlomo Einhorn says: “I can’t tell you how important this [Talmud Torah school] was. You have to understand that Wabash Avenue was the center of the … Continue reading